Launch of New Website

SPORTS INTERNET GROUP PLC
26 July 1999
                                 
                     SPORTS INTERNET GROUP PLC
               ('Sports Internet' or 'the Company')
                                 
               Planetfootball launches Darts Website

Sports  Internet, which recently acquired Planetfootball, Europe's
leading  official  branded football web site developer,  and  Opta
Index  Limited, the sports media and information company  and  the
provider  of  official statistics to the FA Premier League,  today
announces  the  launch  of www.planetdarts.co.uk,  a  new  website
dedicated to the world of professional darts.

Planetfootball,  Europe's leading official  branded  football  web
site  developer,  has launched a site dedicated to  the  world  of
professional darts.  The site, www.planetdarts.co.uk, was given  a
'soft' launch on Sunday 25 July 1999.

The  new website is the result of a three-year licensing agreement
between  Planetfootball  and  the Professional  Darts  Corporation
('PDC'),  which  officially represents professional  dart  players
world-wide.  The site, which is updated on a daily basis,  is  the
ultimate  in  darts  news,  views, statistics  and  merchandising.
Darts  fans  are able to log-on and not only read interviews  with
the  top players but also download audio interviews, check out the
players' profiles, listen to an interview with the 'Velvet Gob' of
darts, Sid Waddell, and pick-up the latest PDC World Rankings.

The  launch of www.planetdarts.co.uk coincided with the first  PDC
tournament of the year, the PDC World Matchplay, which  is  taking
place  at  the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.  The latest tournament
results are being posted on the web, leg by leg, to ensure none of
the  top action is missed.  The armchair is able to listen to  all
the action on-line with commentary provided by the Sky Sports team
made up of Sid Waddell, John Gwynne and Dave Lanning. The forecast
audience figure for the PDC World Matchplay is 1.7 million.

John O'Connor, Sports Director of Planetfootball, said that he was
delighted with the website:
'Our   aim   is  to  make  www.planetdarts.co.uk  the   world-wide
contemporary  site  for the provision of darts  information.   The
site  is interactive and will be the ultimate magazine for the  60
million darts enthusiasts around the world.'

www.planetdarts.co.uk will be officially launched later this  year
with  an on-line auction of exclusive darts merchandise signed  by
all  the  top  players including Eric Bristow, Rod Harrington  and
Phil Taylor.
                                                      
Enquiries:
Sports Internet
Chris Akers, Executive Director                  Tel: [phone]
John O'Connor, Sports Director, Planetfootball   Tel: [phone]

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Nicola Weiner