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Events

British Eurosport is to launch a special 'Le Mans Week' with over 15 hours of television coverage.
Business

Green Bay Packers officials say they are set for two years of financial strain until their $295 million stadium project is ready in September 2003.
Media

After a host of disappointing TV viewing figures, the National Hockey League (NHL) has been boosted by news that US broadcaster ABC Sports’ coverage of the climactic game in the Stanley Cup Finals generated a 5.6 rating, the highest score in four years.
Media

UK Sports Minister Kate Hoey has been sacked by Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Media

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will be asked to provide answers to 25 detailed questions from UEFA relating to his running of world soccer's ruling body when he faces a crunch Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday.

NASCAR says the sport continues to surge in growth despite a slowdown in the US economy.
Media

English soccer club Manchester United have dismissed reports linking them with Formula One motor racing giants Ferrari.
Business

The publication of the annual report and accounts of the English soccer authority, the Football Association (FA), has been delayed due to uncertainty over the future of Wembley Stadium.
Stadia

Major League Baseball (MLB) owners will meet in Pittsburgh this week to discuss business and labour issues as well as a possible contraction of the competition.
Business

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is to face 25 key questions over his handling of the ISL affair at Wednesday's FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Zurich, the details of which have been revealed today.
Events

Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis's lawsuit to force champion Hasim Rahman to make his first title defense against the Briton has begun in the U.S. Federal court.
Stadia

An Internet sports venture involving former world tennis number one Boris Becker has become insolvent.
Business

Kate Hoey’s replacement as UK’s Minister for Sport, following Tony Blair’s post election ministerial re-shuffle, is Richard Caborn, a 57-year-old Sheffield member of parliament and former minister at the Department of Trade and Industry.
Business

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) may consider the issue of using an artificial eye for no-ball rulings but says it is more a matter for the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Business

Eight potential investment groups have been given permission by Major League Baseball to review the financial records of the world famous Boston Red Sox baseball team, prior to making bids for the club.

The players of defending Libertadores Cup champions Boca Juniors refused to travel from Argentina to Brazil on Monday for their semi-final second leg against Palmeiras in protest over unpaid bonuses.
Events

A Japanese company will offer insurance coverage to shop owners for possible damages caused by hooligans during next year's World Cup finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, company officials said on Tuesday.
Media

Second quarter subscription forecasts for US satellite broadcaster, DirecTV have been lowered by almost 50 per cent by the group’s owners Hughes Electronics.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Martina Hingis, the world’s number one women’s tennis player has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Italian sportswear company Sergio Tacchini, claiming that they gave her shoes which hurt her feet between 1996 and 1999.
Business

UK-based online bookmaker Sportingbet.com said it would remain offshore to try to cut its full-year losses which narrowed slightly to £4.2 million ($5.8 million) from £5m ($6.9m). Turnover rose to £324.7m ($445m) from £27.4m ($40m)