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NEW PRESIDENT FOR OCTAGON MARKETING USA
Mark Bingham, currently senior vice president of marketing and broadcasting at the New York Mets has been appointed as president of Octagon's US marketing division.
AMERICA?S CUP DISPUTE RESOLVED AFTER LEGAL WRANGLE
America's Cup holders, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, accepted the Swiss challenge for yachting's biggest prize on Monday after a month of legal wrangling.
WEMBLEY PROJECT HITS FINANCE CRISIS ? SAYS REPORT
Media reports in the UK suggest the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium has hit a major funding crisis which threatens the entire project.
GO RACING TAKES LEAD IN RIGHTS NEGOTIATIONS
The race to secure the terrestrial and interactive media to rights to UK horse racing is close to being won by Go Racing, the consortium made up of Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure.
ITALIAN MATCH ABANDONED DUE TO CROWD TROUBLE
An Italian first division match between Reggina and Brescia was suspended and then abandoned on Sunday after home fans threw flares, staves, fruit and plastic water bottles on to the pitch.
SERVAN-SCHREIBER RESIGNS FROM IOC
International Olympic Committee communications director Franklin Servan-Schreiber, the voice of the IOC during the Olympic movement's recent crisis and reforms, resigned on Wednesday.
TYSON GETS LAS VEGAS OK
Former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has been granted permission to fight again in lucrative Las Vegas.
MEDIA CONTENT TO OPEN ASIAN OFFICE
AIM-listed sports media advisory firm Media Content is to open a new office in Hong Kong.
SRI LANKA BOARD’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUSPENDED
Sri Lanka's scandal-tainted cricket board has suspended its chief executive amid reports of a multi-million dollar television rights dispute.
FIFA AND UEFA DELIGHTED WITH SUPPORT FROM BRITISH PM
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Lennart Johansson said on Monday they were delighted with the support of British Prime Minister Tony Blair in their fight for a better deal with the European Commission over a new soccer transfer system.
EBU AWARDS SPORT CONTRACT TO BT BROADCAST SERVICES
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has awarded a major new contract to BT Broadcast Services to provide transmission services covering a number of Europe's top sporting events.
NEW SPONSORSHIP DEAL FOR WELSH RUGBY UNION
Welsh rugby has landed a new sponsorship deal with British telecommunications firm Redstone Telecom plc. The four year deal means that the Redstone logo will appear on the red shirts of all Welsh international sides, including the A team and Sevens teams.
KINGSTON MEDIASTREAM WINS PRE-SPORTEL CONTRACTS
Sportel exhibitors, Kingston MediaSTream, the international satellite and broadcast arm of the Kingston Communications Group, has won two major international contracts.
RFU AIMS FOR NUMBER ONE RUGBY SPOT
Francis Baron, chief executive of the English Rugby Union, aims to make England the number one rugby nation in the world as part of the unions soon to be announced 8-year Strategic Plan.
CATHY FREEMAN BEING SUED BY EX-FIANCE
Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman is being sued by her ex-fiance for breach of contract after sacking him as her manager before the Sydney Olympics, the Australian media has reported.
PGA TOUR DEFENDS REAL-TIME SCORING LAW SUIT
A US judge has ruled that a media company producing real-time golf scoring will not be allowed to sell the scores to other media, pending the outcome of its antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.
ARBITRATOR RULES IN FAVOUR OF NBA
An arbitrator has sided with the NBA and ruled that the Minnesota Timberwolves and forward Joe Smith entered into a secret agreement last year in violation of the league's salary cap rules.
LEAGUE TO DISCUSS OPTIONS AFTER NTL PULL-OUT
The English Premier League is to hold meetings with its 20 clubs to discuss the way forward after cable company NTL dramatically pulled out of a $158m-a-year pay-per-view package.