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Virtual technology firm Orad will be providing its Virtual Replay system for Major League Soccer's (MLS) new weekly highlight show, ExtraTime on ESPN2.

A clause in the contracts of Cincinnati Bengals players that would financially punish athletes who criticise team officials to the media, has been attacked by the NFL?s players?union.

The High Court has banned radio station talkSPORT from calling its Euro 2000 coverage 'live' after a complaint from the BBC, reports the soccer industry newsletter, The Soccer Investor Weekly Bulletin.

Fans of Euro 2000 will be able to access up-to-the minute information on completed passes, possession, yellow cards, red cards, as well as statistics on teams or individual players, via a mobile phone WAP application, wap.footballone.com.

Sports.com won the prize for the sports and gaming sector at the New Media Age Effectiveness Awards, the annual event for the UK new media industry.

British fans are set to bet more than #100 million pounds ($149m) on Euro 2000, making it the world's biggest single sports betting event, bookmakers Ladbrokes said on Friday.

Tampa Bay Lightning and Sunshine Network have signed a six-year extension of their current television rights agreement, which now continues through the 2007-2008 NHL season.

Less than a week after UEFA's chief executive Gerhard Aigner accused the media of exaggerating the violence at the UEFA Cup final its executive board agreed on Tuesday to investigate "sensationalist" coverage of the showpiece event.

A major F1 team has launched a CD-ROM offering comprehensive multi-media content for sale in UK high?street stores.

The European Commission has exempted the European Broadcasting Union's (EBU) handling of broadcasting rights for sports events under the Eurovision system from normal EU competition rules.

Turner Network Television (TNT) will televise the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards. The awards ceremony, a gala to celebrate sporting excellence across all disciplines and all continents, has been established by DaimlerChrysler and Richemont. The awards will be taped in Monte Carlo on Thursday, May 25.

SportsForWomen.com will today team up with the Women's Sports Foundation to host the "SportsForWomen.com Party Out Of Bounds" as part of the Annual Women's Sports Foundation Summit.

UK online betting and content provider Sports Internet has confirmed that it is in talks with an unnamed party which may lead to an offer being made for the company, reports Dow Jones International News.

David Kenin, Former President of CBS Sports has joined SportsPrize.com as Chairman and CEO of SportsPrize Entertainment Inc.

Media Content has signed a deal with Canal Plus to launch World Wrestling Federation Entertainment in France.

ISL have confirmed a sub-licensing agreement with the Portugal?s commercial free-to air broadcaster SIC for live and exclusive television coverage for the Tennis Masters and the Tennis Masters Cup in Portugal.

The chief executive of the English Football League, John McKeown, has left his post ? after just three months.

The 20 chairmen of the English Premier League soccer clubs are meeting today to start discussing the terms for the League?s lucrative new broadcast deal.