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Legislators are poised to approve next week a total loss to taxpayers of $945 million for hosting the 2006 Asian Games in Hong Kong along with an event for disabled athletes.
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Time Warner and Walt Disney have called a temporary halt to feud that has blacked out the ABC cable network in 3.5million US homes since Monday.
Business

Miami?s Pro Player stadium is set for yet another name change.
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NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL
Business

Broadband Sports has been selected as the new designer, producer and manager of the official Dallas Cowboys Web site.
Events

The British government has dismissed a report that England might team up with Germany in a bid to host soccer's 2006 World Cup rather than press its own case.
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Athletics chiefs plan to hand out gold bars to the winners of their Golden League series this year although the value of the jackpot has been halved.
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China has launched Beijing's bid for the 2008 Summer Games under the slogan "New Beijing, Great Olympics."
Business

Danny Jordaan made a powerful appeal to FIFA's executive committee to end the cycle of European domination of world soccer by handing South Africa the 2006 World Cup finals.
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Australian media group Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) has confirmed its Nine Network has been selected by Indian broadcaster Doordarshan to produce television coverage of international cricket played in India.
Business

BBC Sport has won a new three-year deal for exclusive live broadcast rights to the US Masters from Augusta.
Business

SFX Sports Group, a unit of SFX Entertainment, has acquired Speakers of Sport, one of the leading US baseball talent representation agencies.
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The Dutch government has topped up its security spending for next year?s Euro 2000 championship it is co-hosting with Belgium, bringing the total budget to $6.75million.
Business

US Spanish-language television broadcast company, Univision Communications Inc., have announced that Stephen J. Solomon, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the National Hockey League, will join Univision as president of its sports division.
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The Washington Redskins plan to name Steve Baldacci their team president within the next several days, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Business

Past and present National Football League quarterbacks are looking to score big with an investment in a company that produces television-style programming for the Internet.
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Sydney's Olympic Games chief has apologised to Australians for a misleading public ticket ballot and promised to refund thousands of fans who had ended up with third-choice tickets.
Business

NASCAR has reached television deals with NBC, Turner Sports and Fox television networks beginning in the 2001 season.