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Business

Insurance group, The St. Paul Companies will sponsor the PGA Tour?s 2001 West Coast Swing events.
Business

The Salt Lake City bribery scandal is likely to haunt the next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in his first year in charge, according to prospective candidate Jacques Rogge.
Events

The British Internet Publishers Alliance (BIPA) has named Rob Hersov, CEO and founder of Sportal, as the organisations? new Chairman.
Events

England?s Rugby Football Union has announced the appointment of Chris Spice as its performance director.
Business

Quokka Sports is slashing its staff by 20 per cent ? and cannot rule out future job cuts.
Business

CSS Stellar, the British-owned sports and entertainment management group, has issued a prospectus for its forthcoming flotation on the Alternative Investment Market.
Events

The President-elect of Europe's public broadcasters has appealed to the United Nations for national governments and international bodies to guarantee that all major sporting events are shown on free-to-air television.
Business

The Women's Tennis Association is taking advantage of the interest in the game generated by Venus and Serena Williams, and should give them a cut of the financial action, according to their father.
Events

National Mobile Television (NMT), the provider of mobile television production equipment, has agreed to permanently install Sportvision?s video insertion technologies on NMT trucks in the U.S.
Events

Wellington Rugby Football Union in New Zealand has reported an outstanding year for the new WestpacTrust Stadium constructed on Wellington's waterfront.
Business

Houston?s new football stadium has sold its naming rights in a 32-year deal.
Business

German media group EM.TV & Merchandising AG, which is digesting two high profile acquisitions, has appointed Rolf Rickmeyer as chief financial officer.
Events

The Sydney Olympic Games represented the largest peacetime communications project in Australia?s history, according to the communications network that handled the traffic.
Events

Cable giant NTL has purchased UK-based outside broadcast facilities specialist Scanners TV.
Events

Following the conclusion of the Sydney Olympics, organisers of the next Games have spoken confidently of it matching the success achieved by the Australian city.
Events

Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the host broadcaster for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan, is to hold the first World Broadcaster Meeting April 24/25 2001 for broadcasters involved in the 2002 finals.
Events

Fifteen days after its official launch, the new sports information channel, Eurosportnews, has unveiled its first national version in Poland.
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The Olympic Games have become too big to be hosted by less developed nations and must be scaled back, says senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Jacques Rogge.