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South Korean Kim Un-yong has joined the race for world sport's most powerful job -- the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

Rivals.net - the network of independent sports sites - has teamed up with UK cable, satellite and digital television channel Discovery Home & Leisure, to create the channel's first interactive on-screen sponsorship for its new real-life drama, Real Football.

Gov. Jesse Ventura's weekend job as an announcer for the XFL may be in jeopardy.

Sales of tickets for the Malysian Grand Prix have, so far, disappointed race organisers with the price of a ticket likely to be reviewed by the country?s sports minister if sales do not pick up.

England Premiership soccer club Leeds United has launched LUTV, a behind the scenes insight into the club through their official website.

A UK government select committee has led a critical inquiry into the nation?s capability to stage international events.

Oscar De La Hoya's next fight will be screened on HBO while the fighter is still in legal dispute with the US cable channel.

Carmaker Honda has become the first sponsor to pull its ads from the XFL, citing concerns over extreme content, cheerleaders and falling TV ratings.

THE list of sporting events that should be available first on free-to-air television may be revised after an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Authority.

Even the most experienced Olympic observers cannot agree on which city will win the battle to stage the 2008 Summer Games as the deciding vote draws near.

The EURO 2000 football championships were watched by a cumulative audience of seven billion people, a new survey reveals.

Fuji Xerox has brought some welcome relief to troubled Swiss marketing giant ISL by becoming an official partner of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Ken Livingstone, the outspoken mayor of London, will hold final approval for any London Olympic bid, the British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman has said.

French pay- television company Canal Plus, a unit of Vivendi Universal , said it had received two billion French francs ($280.6 million) from the sale of its Eurosport stakes to TF1 .

The new sports channel that the BBC and cable broadcasters NTL plan to launch this year will be free to existing subscribers of BSkyB, ONdigital or NTL.

France's soccer team may still be world champions, but the country's accountants have issued a red card to the French state for lavishly funding the 1998 World Cup and a new space-age stadium at taxpayers' expense.