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Sky Digital has struck a deal with British Eurosport to include the sports channel on its service.
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The 20th Southeast Asian games begin on Saturday with attention focused as much on the tiny sultanate of Brunei as the actual competition itself.
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UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has won the rights to the Icelandic Formula Off Road Motorsport Championships.
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Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE:DIS - news) Buena Vista Internet Group has agreed to purchase 60 percent of soccernet.com from the Daily Mail & General Trust Plc (quote from Yahoo!UK & Ireland: DMGO.L) for an undisclosed amount.
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Freeserve has agreed a two-year worldwide deal for Greg Rusedski to endorse its free Internet services. The deal comes just as Rusedski, who is currently ranked number nine in the world (ATP Tour), prepares for the start of the US Open tennis tournament.
Events

Athletics action at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane has failed to live up to the ratings success of swimming, ranking only as the sixteenth most watched programme on local television on Tuesday night.
Events

Goodwill Games chief executive Campbell Rose conceded that the event?s swimming format had failed.
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English soccer?s Premier League has begun an investigation into claims that UK-based radio network Capital breached soccer broadcast rights.
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Those working behind the scenes for sports events and teams are to be recognised by a new awards ceremony next April.
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European soccer?s governing body, UEFA, has relaunched its website ? which will spearhead its new media division.
Events

US Spanish-language network Univision Communications has promoted from within with the appointment of Ray Rodriguez to the new role of president and CEO of the media company.
Events

Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will face Denmark's Brian Nielsen in a 10-round fight on September 8 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, cable television carrier Showtime has said.
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A Chinese-led consortium has won the contract to build a new stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, as the venue for the 2003 Southeast Asia Games.
Business

US broadcaster Fox has unveiled its advertising rates for next year?s SuperBowl with a 30-second spot costing as much as $2.5million (?2.72m).
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Ladbrokes, the UK?s largest bookmaker, has objected to moves from Football Data Company, the commercial and licensing division of England?s Premier League and Football Leagues, to introduce a fee of 2.5-4.75 percent of annual soccer-related turnover to all bookmakers.
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The Irish Horseracing Authority (IHA) wants to alter its media and betting operations to a system similar to the one used in the UK.
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Bowman International Sports, an off-shore licence and telephone sports betting operation based in Mauritius, has signed an agreement with UK-listed online gaming developer IQ-Ludorum to deploy IQ-Ludorum's integrated gaming software.
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The Copa America outstripped the Superbowl and World Series amongst American Hispanics according to research out on Sunday.