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FIFA President Sepp Blatter will meet soccer chiefs from all 15 former Soviet republics this weekend and may offer them hope of a fairer deal in the transfer market.

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From delinquent to dohyo master in six short years, Japan's newest sumo superstar Ryuji Hiroshima has made his mother very proud, and unwittingly become a shining example for the nation's disaffected youth.
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Australian TV broadcast rights for the Paralympic Games could finally be resolved after it was revealed the ABC was in talks with the organising committee.
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The southern hemisphere's Super 12 competition will not be expanded for at least two years, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has announced.

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The Cleveland Browns expansion football franchise has said it awarded local television broadcast rights to WKYC-TV, the NBC affiliate.

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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, long stymied in the German media market, now has the chance to become a major player thanks to a bold back door deal, predict analysts.
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Inspired by the ground breaking success of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in
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ESPN will utilise new bat and pitch speed technology during its Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts this season.
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The New South Wales Council of Social Service (NCOSS)has complained that lower income earners will be excluded form the Sydney Olympics.
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Fox have sued Turner Broadcasting for setting up a competing cable network to Fox Sports Net South - a move which allegedly violates a non-compete agreement the two media companies signed three years ago.
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British commercial network ITV found itself barred from broadcasting live coverage of qualifying for the French Grand Prix after a contract row.
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International Speedway Corporation (ISC) has reported record results for the second quarter and six months ended May 31, 1999.
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An Olympic Games corruption-buster will be recruited to supervise Olympic delegates and bid cities in the wake of this year's vote-buying scandal, according to Australian newspaper reports.
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Denver billionaire Donald Sturm has emerged as the winning bidder for Ascent Entertainment Group's Denver Nuggets professional basketball team and the Colorado Avalanche pro hockey team, after a competitor bowed out.
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The British Showing Jumping Association has appointed Michael Bullman its new chairman of international affairs.
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England's 1966 soccer World Cup final hero Geoff Hurst is to be the key speaker at an international conference to be held in the UK next month.
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The Nationwide Building Society has added to its UK soccer sponsorship portfolio by signing a three-year #500,000 sponsorship deal with the FA of Wales (FAW).
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Badminton's prestigious World Grand Prix finals are to be scrapped in their present format.