Offer Update

Sports Internet Group PLC
12 July 2000


Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the
United States of America,Canada, Australia or Japan

Recommended offer by Goldman Sachs International on behalf of
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc for Sports Internet Group
plc

OFFER DECLARED WHOLLY UNCONDITIONAL

The Board of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc ('BSkyB')
today announces that, subject to and effective upon the New
BSkyB Shares being admitted to the Official List and to
trading on the London Stock Exchange, its recommended offer
for Sports Internet Group plc ('SIG') has been declared wholly
unconditional and will remain open for acceptances until
further notice.

As  at 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday 12 July 2000, the second closing
date of the Offer, BSkyB had received valid acceptances of the
Offer  in  respect  of  a  total  of  30,171,050  SIG  Shares,
representing  approximately 80.9 per  cent.  of  the  existing
issued  share capital of SIG. BSkyB declares that the  minimum
acceptance condition to the Offer has been satisfied.

As described in the Offer Document, the shareholder directors
of SIG have undertaken to accept the Offer in respect of their
entire holdings which together amount to approximately 48.9
per cent. of the existing issued capital of SIG. As at 3 p.m.
on 12 July 2000 BSkyB had received acceptances in relation to
18,210,000 SIG Shares to which these undertakings relate,
representing 48.8 per cent. of the issued share capital of
SIG.

The Office of Fair Trading, on Tuesday 11 July 2000 indicated,
in terms satisfactory to BSkyB, that it is not the intention
of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to refer the
proposed acquisition of SIG by BSkyB or any matter arising
therefrom to the Competition Commission. BSkyB has, in
accordance with the terms of the Offer, waived the remaining
conditions of the Offer.

Included in the above level of acceptances are acceptances  in
respect  of 300 SIG Shares held by Credit Suisse (UK)  Limited
which  is  deemed to be acting in concert with BSkyB  for  the
purposes  of  the  City  Code. Save  as  disclosed  herein  or
otherwise   previously  disclosed  in  accordance   with   the
requirements  of  the  City Code and in  the  Offer  Document,
neither  BSkyB nor any person acting, or deemed to be  acting,
in  concert  with BSkyB, held any SIG Shares (or  rights  over
such  shares)  prior to the offer period or  has  acquired  or
agreed  to acquire any SIG Shares (or rights over such shares)
during  the offer period and no acceptances of the Offer  have
been received from any person acting or deemed to be acting in
concert with BSkyB.
As  stated in the Offer Document, BSkyB intends to arrange for
the  admission  of  SIG  Shares  to  trading  on  AIM  to   be
discontinued  with effect from 9 August 2000  or  as  soon  as
practicable  thereafter and, if it receives 90  per  cent.  or
more  of  the  SIG  Shares to which the  Offer  relates,  will
exercise its rights pursuant to the provisions of sections 428
to  430F  of  the  Companies Act to acquire  compulsorily  any
remaining SIG Shares.

Enquiries:

Goldman Sachs International                  020 7774 1000
Richard Campbell-Breeden
Francis Crispino

Definitions used in the Offer Document have the same  meanings
in this announcement, unless otherwise indicated.

The  Offer  is not being made, directly or indirectly,  in  or
into,   or   by  the  use  of  the  mails  or  any  means   or
instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically
or  electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce  of,  or
any  facilities of a national securities exchange of, the  US,
or  in  or into Canada, Australia or Japan and the Offer  will
not   be  capable  of  acceptance  by  any  such  use,  means,
instrumentality or facilities or from within the  US,  Canada,
Australia  or Japan. Doing so may render invalid any purported
acceptance. Accordingly, copies of this announcement  are  not
being,  and  must  not  be,  mailed  or  otherwise  forwarded,
distributed  or  sent  in  or into or  from  the  US,  Canada,
Australia or Japan and all persons receiving this announcement
(including nominees, trustees or custodians) must not mail  or
otherwise forward, distribute or send it into the US,  Canada,
Australia  or Japan. The New BSkyB Shares have not  been,  and
will  not be, registered under the US Securities Act of  1933,
as  amended.  Furthermore, the relevant  clearances  have  not
been,  and will not be obtained from the securities commission
of  any  province  of Canada, nor any city  or  prefecture  of
Japan.  No prospectus In relation to the New BSkyB Shares  has
been,  or will be, lodged with or registered by the Australian
Securities  Commission. Accordingly,  except  pursuant  to  an
exemption,  if  available,  from any  applicable  registration
requirements  or otherwise in compliance with  all  applicable
law, the New BSkyB Shares may not be offered, sold, resold  or
delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the US,  Canada,
Australia or Japan.

Goldman Sachs International, which is regulated in the  United
Kingdom  by  The Securities and Futures Authority Limited,  is
acting for BSkyB and no one else in connection with the  Offer
and  will  not be responsible to anyone other than  BSkyB  for
providing  the  protections afforded to customers  of  Goldman
Sachs  International nor for giving advice in relation to  the
Offer.