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Doping scandal casts shadow over cycling tour
The Giro d’Italia cycling tour was marred by a new doping scandal yesterday after two competitors were pulled from the race after failing drug tests.
TV coverage of soccer ‘still not enough’
Lorraine Heggessey, controller for UK terrestrial channel BBC1, has sent an internal brief around the various departments of the public broadcaster requesting ‘anti-football’ content for the Saturday night schedule, a UK trade magazine has said.
Rally chief’s warning to teams
Chief of the World Rally Championship, David Richards, says not one team in the series is fully exploiting the opportunities offered by the revamped event.
Adidas may lose Dax 30 status, says report
German sporting goods brand Adidas is in danger of losing its place on Germany’s Dax 30 list of blue-chip companies following a share slump and increasing pressure from investors to revamp the company’s image.
Details of FIFA’s 25 questions to Blatter revealed
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.
IRL extends deal
The Indy Racing League (IRL) has extended its deals with ESPN and ABC Sports with new three-year contracts.
Olympics 2008: Turkish Olympic chief blasts IOC report
Turkey's Olympic chief looks disdainfully upon the report that may crush Istanbul's bid to host the 2008 Olympics.
IOC may hand top job to Belgian surgeon
The future of the Olympic Games looks set to pass into the hands of a Belgian surgeon-cum-yachtsman who has earned a reputation for a calm touch in a storm.
Top NBA players to tour China, Taiwan
A squad of top NBA players will visit China and Taiwan in September for two exhibition games, the National Basketball Association has announced.
Badminton GP to be revamped
Badminton's prestigious World Grand Prix finals are to be scrapped in their present format.
Prism named global sponsorship agency for Land Rover
Sports marketing and sponsorship group Prism has been named as Land Rover's global sponsorship agency.
Can big names save Goodwill Games from collapse?
The biggest names from last year's Sydney Olympics are back in Australia for the Goodwill Games with the event's organisers hoping Maurice Greene, Marion Jones and Ian Thorpe can save the event from oblivion.
Focus on wrongs of rights
Could new TV deals make euro soccer a circus? James Swanwick went to Brussels to find out The European Union’s competition authorities may go ahead with a major shake-up in the way big sporting events can be marketed to television despite warnings by members of the European Parliament, MEPs and sports officials that a legal challenge over the sale of TV rights could have implications as wide as the Bosman ruling, which the soccer players’ transfer market into disarray.
BBC Denies loss of Open Golf rights
UK terrestrial broadcaster the BBC has told sportbusiness.com that it still holds a strong hand in the upcoming fight for the domestic TV rights to the British Open Golf Championship.
RFU, Clubs and players ‘to live and die together’
England's top rugby union players, clubs and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) "are all going to live and die together", the RFU's chief executive Francis Baron said at Twickenham today when he outlined the terms of a new eight-year agreement for the sport.
ATP Launches new marketing strategy
The ATP, the governing body of the men’s professional tennis circuit, has launched a new business and marketing strategy following the demise of ISL Worldwide, the rights holders since 2000.
Thorpe accuses FINA over drugs problem
Australian swimming sensation, Ian Thorpe has launched an astonishing attack on the sport's world governing body, accusing FINA of not doing enough in the war against drugs.
BskyB on track for positive cash flow
UK satellite TV operator BSkyB Plc says it is on track to reach positive cashflow by the end of 2001 after signing up 940,000 new subscribers in the financial year just ended, taking its total to 5.45 million.
Sampdoria and Salernitana thrown out of Serie B
Two Italian soccer clubs have been thrown out of the Serie B competition because of indebtedness.
MCC signs up Sunsystems to manage revenue streams
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) in Australia will use UK financial software house SunSystems to manage its revenue streams which total over £36 million ($100m).