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2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ORGANISERS UNCONCERNED BY LIVINGSTONE STANCE
Organisers of the 2005 world athletics championships said on Thursday they are not concerned that London mayor Ken Livingstone has refused to sign a contract with the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).
NIKE SIGNS UP DUVAL IN $28M DEAL
David Duval has signed a contract with Nike Golf worth about $7 million a year, making him the first player to use every product in Nike?s golf category range.
FIFA LAY DOWN THE LAW ON AGENTS
Football agents will have to apply for licences from their national football associations and will have to sign a code of conduct under new rules launched by Fifa, football's world governing body.
QUOKKA TO SELL OFF COLLEGE SPORTS ASSETS
Quokka Sports has agreed to sell a majority of its college athletics business to zUniversity, a collegiate marketing and web site development firm.
FORMULA ONE WORLD UNITES AGAINST PAY TV DEAL
Formula One teams, car manufacturers and sponsors will resist any move by German media companies to shift their glamorous sport from free to pay television.
RTL EDGES CLOSER TO CANAL PLUS DEAL
RTL, Europe's largest television group, is close to an accord with European pay-TV group Canal Plus over sports broadcasting rights, RTL, according to its CEO Didier Bellens.
ESS SIGNS MULTI-YEAR TENNIS & F1 TV CONTRACTS
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has signed multi-year agreements for Asian broadcast rights to Formula One motor racing and the leading tennis Grand Slams ? the US Open and Wimbledon.
SCHUMACHER HEADS SPORT?S RICH LIST
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher heads the American Forbes Magazine's list of the highest paid athletes for the year 2000 with US$59m in earnings.
HIGH FLYING IPSWICH CHAIRMAN JOINS SPORTBUSINESS CONFERENCE
David Sheepshanks, chairman of English Premier League soccer side Ipswich Town, will be joining a panel of high powered industry specialists in the final session of this April?s SportBusiness 2001 conference in London. One of soccer?s most influential chairmen, Sheepshanks is widely respected throughout the game not least for his efforts in championing the cause of so-called smaller clubs.
SCHUMACHER IN SPONSOR HELMET ROW
World champion Michael Schumacher has said he would reluctantly wear a sponsor's helmet after a Belgian court issued an injunction to stop him appearing in a rival firm's helmet that he claims is safer.
GAMBLERS TURN OFF SPORT AND PLACE ODD BETS
The bets are off on horse races in the UK, cancelled until March 7 because of a foot-and-mouth outbreak, so gambling addicts are turning to wackier subjects.
BRITISH EUROSPORT SECURES CART RIGHTS
British Eurosport has secured live rights to this year?s CART FedEx Championship Series.
SOCCER TRANSFER TALKS IN DOUBT AGAIN
Talks between soccer's governing bodies FIFA and UEFA and the European Commission (EC) over a new transfer system have hit two obstacles which could delay an agreement.
PROTEST GROUPS HIT OUT AT NEW LONDON RACECOURSE
Environmental and residents? protest groups have hit out at plans to build London?s first racecourse since Alexandra Park in the north of the city closed 30 years ago.
WOODWARD HOPES SIX NATIONS CAN BE COMPLETED
Britain's foot-and-mouth crisis has underlined the importance of the Six Nations, England coach Clive Woodward said on Friday.
LATEST DEPARTURE AT ISL AS MEDIA HEAD QUITS
ISL?s head of media relations has quit the Swiss company at the height of its financial crisis.
UNITED AIRLINES FORMS CRAIGIE TAYLOR DEAL
United Airlines has appointed Craigie Taylor International as sponsorship agency for its latest venture ? the British Sydney 40 entry in the Admirals Cup.
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL AND SEVEN NETWORK IN SPONSOR ROW
The relationship between Channel Seven and the Australian Football League appears to have turned nasty with the Seven Network signing a major sponsorship deal with brewery Lion Nathan.
EUROSPORT DROPS ITU COVERAGE
Eurosport says it is to drop its coverage of the triathlon ITU World Cup.
HAPPY HOUR GETS ANOTHER GO
Melbourne?fs Colonial Stadium will persist with its experiment of a happy hour this weekend to encourage fans to turn up early and lessen the possibility of queues.