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Britain's sacked sports minister believes Britain broke a secret agreement with Germany by bidding to host the 2006 World Cup, according to a UK newspaper which published an interview with her on Sunday.

The future of the Olympic Games looks set to pass into the hands of a Belgian surgeon-cum-yachtsman who has earned a reputation for a calm touch in a storm.

Over 800,000 Time Warner cable subscribers in the New York area were in uproar on Sunday night after an electrical shutdown caused viewers to miss the climax of the US Open golf tournament and the start of the Yankees baseball game against the Mets.

Go Racing's £400million ($556m) media contract has officially collapsed despite a last minute crisis meeting with the directors of the British Horseracing Board (BHB) last night.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan, who revolutionised the commercial potential of athletes, has confirmed reports that he was injured in an accident in a pick-up basketball game last Wednesday in a Chicago gym.

The UK’s betting operators are joining forces to launch a £2m ($2.9m/B

UK broadcaster Channel 5 attracted nearly 3.5 million viewers to its coverage of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament, held in Japan.

Anna Kournikova has done it again - without even hitting a single tennis ball.

Organisers of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England have told sportbusiness.com they have secured at least two more official sponsors but will deliberately delay naming them until July 25 – exactly a year before the event.

According to Nielsen Media Research, the television ratings for this year’s NBA Finals are the best since Michael Jordan’s swan song in 1998. The 2001 Finals averaged a 14.8 rating with a 25 share of audience.

The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and ESPN units have confirmed that Tiger Woods will appear in several special events for the two television networks over the next five years, in a widely expected deal.

Dallas cut the ribbon on Friday on a new $420 million (B

The late Don Bradman's son John and the Bradman Foundation have appealed for people to stop profiting from the sale of the cricket legend's letters.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Monday that he would settle the conflict of interest between his private media assets and those owned by the government before the Italian parliament’s summer break in August.

MP Web, the new media division of Media Partners, has signed an exclusive deal with Tele+ for the acquisition of internet rights for 18 Italian Serie A and Serie B soccer clubs.

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed to commission a special programme focusing on triathlon’s European Cup competition.