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FAI HIT WITH FINE AFTER YUGOSLAV MATCH SNUB
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has been fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($32,000) for not playing their European championship qualifier against Yugoslavia on June 5.
KIRCH SNAPS UP SWISS SPORTS RIGHT FIRM
German media group Kirch has agreed to buy Swiss sports rights marketing company CWL Telesport & Marketing AG in a move to expand its international soccer business.
BLACK BETSY BREAKS RECORD FOR BASEBALL BAT AUCTION
'Black Betsy', the favorite bat of banned baseball legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, was sold for $577,610 (?654,145) in an internet auction on eBay.
ROGGE LEADS MEDIA POLL TO REPLACE SAMARANCH
Leading IOC member Jacques Rogge is poised to take over the most powerful job in world sport as IOC president in July, according to the results of a new survey.
THREAT OF SPLIT IN WORLD SNOOKER
Many of snooker?s top stars look set to join a breakaway tour which threatens to split the sport and end the domination of the game by its governing body, the WSA, following plans announced by The Sportsmasters Network (TSN).