LONDON - European football's governing body UEFA today launched the official website for the 2008 European Championships, which take place in Austria and Switzerland in June.
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LONDON - Made Up Media, the digital sports publishing company, will launch a cricket website later this month – the fourth website launch since its inception last year.
LONDON - ITV has been forced to drop the price of the 2008 F1 season sponsorship package from £4m to less than £3m due to insufficient interest in the property at the original asking price.
LONDON - Mobile operator Orange has signed a content deal with sports broadcaster Setanta to stream live coverage of Barclays Premier League football matches via its mobile portal, Orange World.
LONDON - Never mind Wimbledon, the British Grand Prix or the Tour de France, the sporting event of the summer was the NABS/Media Week five-a-side football tournament played at Wembley Goals.
LONDON - Another excitement for media's football fans is Virgin Radio's Fantasy Football League for media agencies and their clients, which starts on 11 August. The top prize is not to be sniffed at: a free promotion on Virgin Radio airwaves and a cash bonus of a cool £20,000.
LONDON - Setanta Sports has won the broadcast rights to the IBO World Welterweight title fight between defending champion Ricky ‘Hitman' Hatton and Mexico's Jose Luis ‘El Terrible' Castillo at the Thomas & Mack Centre in Las Vegas on 23 June.
LONDON - ITV plans to show Football League matches on its regional internet TV service, ITV Local.
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