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Organisers of next year?s Sport Summit say they are anticpating a bumper turn-out for the first show of the new millennium.

Terence F. McGuirk, chairman and chief executive officer of Turner Broadcasting System, has announced a strategic reorganisation of the company's Turner Sports division that includes new responsibilities for three TBS executives.

The Washington Post reports that a federal judge in Newark has said he will hear arguments on Monday on a federal prosecutor's request for a temporary restraining order that would place limits on the International Boxing Federation and its four top officials.

The initial batch of 400,000 of the 1.2 million tickets available for next year's European soccer championships have all been sold, tournament director Alain Courtois has said.

John McMullen, the owner of the New Jersey Devils, is considering an offer by the holding company that owns the New Jersey Nets and New York Yankees to purchase the NHL team, according to a report by FoxSports Net.

Mike Tyson faces a ban from entering Britain ? which could throw his planned bout with Julius Francis next week into chaos.

NSTAR has entered into a two-year marketing and community relations agreement with the Boston Celtics. NSTAR is the parent company of Boston Edison, Commonwealth Electric, Cambridge Electric and Commonwealth Gas.

A U.S. judge has blocked a Canadian web site from broadcasting copyrighted U.S. television shows until next month, when he hears arguments in lawsuits brought by ten Hollywood movie studios, three TV networks and two professional sports leagues.

The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) has foreshadowed an efficient, workable display of technology for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, to avoid repeating the extravagant debacles of the Atlanta 1996 Games.

The English Football Association has announced a five-year extension to its existing agreement with national team kit supplier Umbro.

Friday night's game-five 83-81 victory by the Utah Jazz over the Chicago Bulls has apparently clinched a record rating for this year's NBA finals,

Tony George, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway says he will meet Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone in July to discuss staging an event.

A baseball World Cup tournament involving major league teams is possible as early as 2001 according to MLB president Paul Beeston.

A US federal judge has dismissed a $30 million suit filed by former Golden State Warriors basketball professional Latrell Sprewell to challenge his suspension for attempting to choke his coach.

Executives from Fox Group are contemplating tearing down the 36-year-old Dodger Stadium and building a new one, after cost estimates for a major renovation came in much higher than expected.

Fox's season premiere of "Ally McBeal" beat ABC?s "Monday Night Football" in the 9-10 p.m. timeslot among adults 18-49 for the first time ever, adding to a string of unspectacular results for the NFL broadcasts this season.