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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.

Premium TV, the sports rights and content internet and broadcast subsidiary wholly-owned by UK cable firm NTL, has launched Footee.net – a soccer-based educational website.

After almost six months of wrangling and an eight-and-a-half hour meeting on Tuesday, Football Data Company, the commercial and licensing division of England’s Premier League and Football Leagues, moved closer to agreeing a deal with the UK’s major journalist bodies over the future practices of soccer journalists.

Online sports companies were given a much-needed boost after Jupiter Media Matrix, a New York-based research firm, said the online advertising market would rise in 2001.

The NHL has signed an exclusive deal for a ground-breaking new e-commerce platform.

A multi million-dollar sponsorship arrangement between Australian brewer Tooheys and an Australian horse racing club is under increasing pressure with Tooheys claiming it has not gained the naming rights it was promised.

Video game giant Electronic Arts has signed a three-year deal with Talladega Superspeedway, naming the famous NASCAR Winston Sup Series autumn race the EA SPORTS 500.

Dallas-based investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, is to slow down its Latin American activities to concentrate on its North American and European projects.

US virtual imaging company Princeton Video Image (PVI) has signed a two-year deal with NFL team Philadelphia Eagles to provide virtual advertising in all Eagles pre-season games.

The future practices of soccer journalists in the UK were finally approved yesterday between Football Data Company, the commercial and licensing division of England’s Premier League and Football Leagues, and the UK’s major journalist bodies.

For a Formula One team there is only one sound more comforting on race day than the roar of their car's engine on the track and that is the whirr of their sponsors' helicopters overhead

Nigeria pledged on Thursday that the building of facilities will be completed in time to host the All-Africa Games in 2003.

CART has appointed a new president and CEO.

Ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi has launched an online rugby game called Beat Rugby to keep the New Zealand All Blacks and the team?s sponsors adidas in the sporting spotlight during the international rugby off-season.

Scottish soccer giants Glasgow Rangers have recorded pre-tax losses for the 12 months to June 30 of #25million ($35.5million), despite an increase in turnover from the club?s Champions League campaign.

US giant SFX Entertainment is to expand its team, league and venue department of its SFX Sports Group?s marketing division.

Spanish Team Kelme, the longest serving pro team on the professional cycling tour, could quit their involvement in cycling.

US-based sports media company Broadband Sports has laid off 20 percent of its 250-person workforce.