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Sir Rodney Walker, the UK’s Rugby Football League (RFL) chairman, has rejected calls for his resignation after making losses at last year’s World Cup.
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Spanish language pay-TV operator Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) has announced that it has acquired the live rights to Mexican football for Latin America excluding Brazil.

Formula One world champions Ferrari will remain with Japanese tyre supplier Bridgestone until the end of 2004.

The owner of a US-based company that offered financial services to athletes and entertainers has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined $240,000 after being found guilty of preparing a false federal income tax return.
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Russian premier division soccer clubs, nearly halfway into the season, will finally get a chance to be seen on national television after finding wealthy sponsors for the broadcasts.
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UEFA has renewed its attack on FIFA president Sepp Blatter, saying it is dissatisfied with the answers it has so far received to 25 questions it raised concerning the running of soccer’s world governing body.
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The people of Athens are likely to benefit most from transport improvements to the city for the 2004 Olympic Games, according to Athens 2004 president Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.
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Rugby league chiefs are set to follow cricket's lead by bringing in central contracts for top players.
Business

The company in charge of the electronic timing system at the world swimming championships has admitted the touchpads that have caused so much trouble were not tested before the start of the competition.
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German media giant Kirch said soccer’s ruling body FIFA has given it until July 2 to decide whether to purchase ISL's broadcasting rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cup tournaments.
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A man is suing Sydney's Olympic Games organisers for more than A$19m ($9.6m/B
Business

Kim Un-yong's position as a leading contender for the IOC presidency despite the warning he received in the biggest bribery scandal in Olympic history says a great deal about his influence in world sport.
Business

Championship Auto Racing Teams, in conjunction with Dale Coyne Racing and Firestone, will conduct special one-day tests at England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway on Tuesday and Germany’s Eurospeedway next Monday in preparation for inaugural FedEx Championship Series events scheduled in September at the new oval venues.
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English cricket will have a problem with crowd security until such time as legislation can be brought in to stop pitch invasions, Australia's team manager said on Tuesday.

The NBA’s Vancouver Grizzlies will continue steps towards making Memphis the team’s new home by moving its basketball operations department to the city on Saturday.
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English soccer club Wimbledon has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with a controversial muscle-building supplement firm.
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UK broadcaster ITV has criticised the BBC's investment of licence fee payers' money in its interactive service for the Wimbledon tennis championships.
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European sports information provider Infostrada Sports and North American equivalent STATS have formed a strategic content and technology sharing alliance.
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The Australian Baseball Federation (ABF) has appointed Christopher White as its new national executive director.
Media

Domestic TV viewing figures on NBC for the US Open golf hit near record levels – despite Tiger Woods failing to impress.