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The 2005 NBA All-Star events will be televised in 214 countries in 45 languages via 97 international telecasters.

World Snooker has announced a new world ranking event - the Malta Cup - to be staged on the Mediterranean island of Malta in the New Year.

A seminar focusing on world jurisdictions that regulate online gambling will be staged in London in June.

Organisers of the Powerboat P1 World Championship have unveiled the first Grand Prix to be staged in the UK.

The European Pro Beach Soccer League (EPBSL) is set to expand in 2004 after organisers agreed to take on more clubs.

World Snooker has confirmed it is to return to Mediterranean this season as it confirmed the European Open 2004 would be staged in Malta.

UEFA has signed the first batch of wireless rights for the 2003-2006 Champions League seasons.

Soccer governing body UEFA and its marketing partner TEAM have announced a clutch of TV rights deals for the new Champions League contract.

Platini, who had a glittering playing career leading France to victory in the 1984 European Championships and also later managed the side, is hoping to gain a seat on both bodies during elections at the UEFA Congress in Stockholm on April 25.

With time running out until the opening game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, many broadcasters are playing a waiting game over TV rights. Tim Wallace explains why

UEFA will order matches to be played behind closed doors if racist behaviour by supporters at offending clubs continues.

The UK betting industry is set to enter a golden age from tomorrow when the nine per cent tax, currently paid by all punters, is scrapped.

'Black Betsy', the favorite bat of banned baseball legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, was sold for $577,610 (B

Facts about the FIFA vote to decide who stages the 2006 World Cup finals, which will take place on Thursday in Zurich.

Fast-food chain McDonalds apologised to Maltese footballers for a Dutch advertisement poking fun at their chances of making it into the European championship this summer.

French customs officials have seized more than 77,800 pairs of counterfeit Adidas, Fila and Sprandi sports shoes in a shipment from China at the French port of Le Havre.

South African World Cup 2006 bid officials are planning a charm offensive in Europe later this month, trying to convince European members of the FIFA executive committee of the merits of their candidacy.

UEFA have thrown down the gauntlet to their own clubs, the European Commission and upstart rivals Media Partners and have announced far-reaching plans for the reorganisation of European club soccer.