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Sportingbet.com, the online sports betting company, has signed a five year contract with Ozmosa to provide online sporting and gaming bets in East and South East Asia. Ozmosa?s 7,000 customers can currently bet on televised US baseball and the casino game, Baccarat.

Craigie Taylor International (CTI), the public relations, sponsorship and consultancy company, has appointed Fred Scarlett, one of the members of the gold medal- winning British rowing team at the Sydney Olympics. Scarlett?s job role will include identifying and matching potential new clients and sponsors.

The subscription-for-services model could be the surprise leader in growing internet revenues across digital media over the next five years, according to Alexander Brown, president/COO of Virtual Spectator.

Race on Sunday, sell on Monday. That is why car makers and sponsors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on backing Formula One world championship racing cars.

The Gaelic Athletic Association has voted not to allow soccer matches to be played at Dublin?s Croke Park venue.

The future of Formula One hangs in the balance on Wednesday, after the sport's leading car makers announced they intended to set up a rival championship.

Australian broadcaster Seven Network aims to undermine its rival Nine Network?s coverage of Australian Football League in 2002 by making use of its extensive archive of AFL matches.

Hong Kong, weary of trying to crack down on illegal football betting, is instead thinking of legalising soccer wagers to head off crime and reap millions of dollars in tax revenue. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

Sportinglife.com has signed an exclusive deal with Sports Media Broadcasting Limited.

A World Rally Championship Commission and Technical Working Group which will mirror the system in Formula One has been created by the World Motor Sport Council.

Fox Sports Net Northwest plans to televise 106 Seattle Mariners games this season, but a disagreement over money could keep some cable-TV subscribers from seeing nearly a quarter of those games.

Malaysia has a raw deal in being forced to stage two Formula One races in six months, triple world champion Jackie Stewart has said.

XFL owner Vince McMahon has insisted his league will survive long term even though uncertainty over its viability has caused WWF stock to plummet 35 percent since its February 3 debut.

World champion Michael Schumacher has said he would reluctantly wear a sponsor's helmet after a Belgian court issued an injunction to stop him appearing in a rival firm's helmet that he claims is safer.

TVNZ Satellite Services has appointed the ex-BBC and BSkyB specialist Jenny Webb to head its new regional office in Sydney.

An alternative Formula One series backed by major carmakers is unlikely to happen, world motor sport chief Max Mosley was quoted as saying on Friday.

Competitors at an athletics competition have been critical of the demands placed on them by live cable television coverage.

Troubled sports and entertainment internet group Quokka Sports has been forced to lay off 59 percent of its 369 employees.