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Australia?s top Olympic Games chiefs have been rewarded with hefty pay rises for what was described as the ?best ever? Olympic games in Sydney in September.
Stadia

The UK government should either stump up for the Wembley National Stadium project or the Football Association should ship out of Wembley altogether, according to industry experts speaking exclusively to sportbusiness.com. To read this article see the FEATURES section.
Events

Liverpool soccer club is to launch the first club-owned broadcasting service over a broadband internet network tomorrow, as part of its alliance with media group Granada.

International Cricket Council (ICC) investigators have been invited to visit Pakistan at the end of this month, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said.
Events

The Australian Olympic Committee members may be getting big pay rises this year to reward them for the ?best ever Olympic games?, but Stadium Australia Group, the builders of the A$690m ($351.7m) Aussie national stadium, has seen its share price tumble since the end of the games to A$0.10 ($0.05) from A$0.5 ($0.3).

A survey of soccer players earnings by France Football, the weekly magazine, has found that Juventus player Zinedine Zidane is the highest paid player with an annual income of $11.6 million.
Media

Virage, the video streaming applications provider, has unveiled new technology that enables video to be searched, retrieved and streamed in real-time on handheld PDA's.

Olympic leaders were keeping the heat on Athens organisers on Wednesday as the Greek capital bids to make up for lost time in its preparations for the 2004 Summer Games.
Stadia

Brazil's most popular club have been kicked out of their spiritual home by pop stars, the Backstreet Boys.
Business

Adidas-Salomon, the German sports equipment company which sponsors the likes of Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis, blamed the economic slowdown in the US for a fall in profits.
Business

London soccer clubs Wimbledon and Queens Park Rangers have discussed a possible merger, Wimbledon chairman Charles Koppel said on Thursday.

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has decided to use Foot & Mouth sniffer dogs to prevent the disease spreading to the United States when the world travels to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics in February.

English Premier League champions Manchester United will unveil a new gold-coloured kit today to celebrate the club's centenary year in 2002, according to industry sources.
Business

Global Spectrum, the Philadelphia-based venue management company, has acquired Front Row Marketing Services, which specialises in sales and marketing services for sports and entertainment facilities, including naming rights, premium seating sales, and venue advertising and sponsorship opportunities.
Stadia

South African soccer officials are introducing numbered tickets for the World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe in Johannesburg on Saturday after 43 people died at the city?s Ellis Park stadium last month.
Business

US Secretary of State Colin Powell says the US is still deciding whether to adopt a stance on Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games but is sensitive to the idea of not mixing politics with sport.
Events

The German city of Dusseldorf wants to stage the World Team Cup tennis tournament until 2007, organisers have said.
Stadia

The collapse of plans to redevelop London's famous Wembley as a state-of-the-art national stadium, due to a lack of funding, may have signalled the end of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair?s affair with soccer. For further details, see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
Stadia

British sports internet company Sportal has axed a further 20 staff.
Business

Audley Harrison, the British Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medallist, today launched his own sponsorship and television rights company called A-Force.