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Airdrie collapses into liquidation
Scottish First Division soccer club Airdrie has fallen into liquidation after failing in its two-year search for a buyer.
Club chairman mounts ITV Digital bid
The chairman of one of the English Football League clubs set to financially lose out following the collapse of UK terrestrial platform ITV Digital, says he intends to lead a consortium to buy the broadcaster.
Snooker to break again?
Snooker faces another breakaway threat, the former chief of World Snooker has told sportbusiness.com.
SS&E recruits motors chief
Syndicate Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) has appointed a new director to its motor sport marketing division.
WBA chief quits
The chairman of English soccer club West Bromwich Albion – which last week clinched promotion to the Premier League – has tendered his resignation.
Digiturk goes virtual
Virtual technology giant Orad has signed a multi-year deal with a Turkish satellite platform to use its Cybersport system in local soccer coverage.
ITV Digital tunes out
As expected, UK pay-TV platform ITV Digital was switched off this morning although its ITV Sport Channel will continue as a free-to-air offering until the end of the football season.
Sport+Markt names its price
German sports research firm Sport+Markt has launched a new price finding system for the naming rights of European stadia.
ITV Digital on death bed
ITV Digital will close for the final time at tomorrow morning - a collapse blamed on the weight of an ambitious soccer deal which has left the UK pay-TV platform in tatters and a threat hanging over the future of dozens of clubs.
FIFA row set to explode
The war of words between the top executives of FIFA could lead to an explosive confrontation at the end of this week when the main protagonists converge at the governing body's Executive Committee meeting on Friday.
SportsLine.com halves losses
SportsLine.com has nearly halved its first-quarter loss despite a 30 percent drop in revenue from last year.
Dusseldorf retains ATP contract
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has announced a new agreement that will see Dusseldorf remain the host of the annual World Team Championship until 2007.
Everyone trusts FIFA, says Blatter
Soccerex president Tony Martin has told delegates at the international conference in Dubai: "We have political mayhem at the very top of our game."
Podia reports F1 loss
Formula One marketing company Podia Group plc has reported a loss after tax of £2.2 million ($3.2m/EUR3.5m) in its preliminary results for the year to December 31, 2001
Legal Agents – a four-part report
From Tuesday to Friday this week, sportbusiness.com will be bringing you a special four-part legal report in our features section on the regulations of agents, written by a leading industry figure.
CSS Stellar snaps up CTI
CSS Stellar has acquired UK-based sports marketing company Craigie Taylor International (CTI).
Beckham’s lucrative lubrication
England and Manchester United soccer star David Beckham has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with oil giant BP.
McKenzie pockets WPBSA settlement
The former chief executive of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has settled a legal battle with the association.