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Canadian Major League Baseball franchise, the Toronto Blue Jays, has become the subject of a $150million buy out offer from Rogers Communications, a Toronto- based cable company.

Italian publisher and internet portal operator Seat Pagine Gialle has bought 50.1 percent of ticket agency TicketOne, a company that sells tickets for sports and cultural events by phone, internet and 350 retail outlets.

The draw for basketball?s upcoming season of Suproleague, Saporta Cup and Euroleague Women will be broadcast live via radio and video broadcast on Fiba.com.

The Australian Football League (AFL) looks set to seek a new partner for logo rights on the match ball ? with an asking price of A$2m per year.

South Africa looked poised to win Africa the most prestigious sporting event in the continent's history on Thursday - the 2006 World Cup finals?and Sportbusiness.com will bring you the news first.

The Tour de France chief has asserted that the credibility of the race is at stake this year and that organisers would act with the greatest severity against drugs offenders.

Euro2000.com has won a lawsuit in France against European soccer?s governing body UEFA.

The Rizla+ Dutch TT will be a milestone for TV broadcasts of MotoGP, as tests for the implementation of Dolby Surround audio quality will be performed.

Germany's top television channel, RTL has bought the coveted free-to-air rights to Champions League soccer from September for the next three seasons.

The NFL wants to bring fans even closer to the action by introducing miniature cameras into the safety helmets of the players during preseason games.

A threatened strike by Belgian police is unlikely to have a major effect on security at next month's Euro 2000 tournament, a police union said on Friday.

Swedish sport sponsorship evaluation network S-Comm, has gained a British part-owner.

Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who served a three-year jail term in the U.S. for rape, has been granted British immigration clearance to fight in Scotland next month.

The European Commission has exempted the European Broadcasting Union's (EBU) handling of broadcasting rights for sports events under the Eurovision system from normal EU competition rules.

Turner Network Television (TNT) will televise the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards. The awards ceremony, a gala to celebrate sporting excellence across all disciplines and all continents, has been established by DaimlerChrysler and Richemont. The awards will be taped in Monte Carlo on Thursday, May 25.

British Premier League football club Arsenal has appointed former Storehouse Plc chief executive Keith Edelman as its managing director, according to reports.