Stadia

One of the most famous buildings in golf, the starter's box at the St Andrews Old Course, has been put up for auction this week so players can have a bigger putting green.

24dogs, the digital greyhound racing service owned by Wembley plc, has launched the Greyhound Racing SuperLeague after securing internet rights for 22 of the top 25 UK greyhound racetracks.

UK broadband TV company Video Networks has become the exclusive video-on-demand partner for England?s Premier League soccer league.
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Brazilian Senators investigating corruption in soccer recommended that one of the country's most controversial club presidents be stripped of his parliamentary status.

Rivals.net, the Chrysalis-based sports network, has appointed Clair Porteous as its first marketing manager.

US television network, The Golf Channel expects to cross the 40 million subscriber mark during the fourth quarter of this year.

A Ghanaian panel probing Africa's worst sports disaster recommended a number of policemen be prosecuted for their role in the death of 126 soccer fans at Accra's stadium in May, a panel member has said.

Enic, the sports group that owns English Premier League soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, is expected to announce this week that it has sold UKbetting.com, its internet bookmaker, to Eric Semel, a former director of one of Las Vegas?s largest casinos.
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UK firm BTopenworld, the online subsidiary of telecoms firm BT, has launched a cricket news and betting subscription service in partnership with online portal CricInfo and internet bookmaker BlueSquare.

New parks may be a home run for team owners, but sports economists agree that new ballparks and stadiums are a strike-out for taxpayers who typically have to foot the multimillion dollar bill. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

Osaka is not ready to throw in the towel in the race to stage the 2008 summer Olympic Games, bid officials have said.

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has agreed a new five-year sponsorship deal with Ansett Australia, the country's second-largest airline.

Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed says he would be willing to save Wembley Stadium by moving his English Premiership newcomers to play there while Craven Cottage is renovated.

Africa?s hopes of staging the 2010 World Cup were dashed after more than 130 people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a soccer game in Ghana's capital, Accra, in Africa's worst soccer tragedy.

If Miami does not come up with a stadium financing plan for the Florida Marlins in the next 30 days, owner John Henry will look north to Broward or Palm Beach counties for help.

English soccer club Ipswich Town has signed a club record breaking three-year #4 million ($5.7m) sponsorship deal with Ipswich-based utility TXU Europe.

Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid is close to finalising a deal for the sale of its city-centre training facilities which will mean the club clears its huge debt of more than $250 million in one fell swoop.

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