Ground Breaking On-line Agreement with Yahoo!

Sports Internet Group PLC 21 December 1999 SPORTS INTERNET GROUP PLC ('Sports Internet') Sports Internet and Yahoo! enter ground breaking on-line agreement Sports Internet, one of Europe's leading Internet sports content and statistics groups, is delighted to announce that it has entered into an on-line promotional and distribution relationship with Yahoo! Inc., a global Internet media company that offers a branded network of media, commerce and communication services to more than 105 million users worldwide. The Board of Sports Internet is delighted to announce that it has entered into an online relationship with Yahoo! Inc., one of the leading Internet companies in the world. The relationship provides for Opta Index to supply its unique library of football statistics to Yahoo! Sports' (http://sports.yahoo.com) FA Carling Premiership League Fantasy Football Game (http://soccer.fantasysports.yahoo.com/premier). This is a free weekly game that lets Yahoo! users run their own fantasy team of real professional football players from the midseason battles of December 1999 through to the deciding matches in May 2000. The goal of Fantasy Football is to earn more points than other fantasy teams by choosing an 11-man lineup while staying under an available unit cap. Users can link directly from player game pages to www.optasoccer.com for related player statistics and information. Optasoccer.com was launched by Sports Internet on December 8, 1999. In addition, the FA Carling Premiership Fantasy Football Game, launched on 17 December 1999, will be actively promoted on Yahoo! Sports, accessible at both http://sports.yahoo.com and http://uk.sports.yahoo.com. Tonya Antonucci, senior producer, Yahoo! Sports, said: 'Whether fantasy game players are casual sports fans or football fanatics, Yahoo! Sports FA Carling Premiership League Fantasy Football Game lets every football fan take their love of the game to the next level. Through our relationship with Sports Internet, Yahoo! users can simulate the personnel decisions of a club manager, experiencing both the entertaining and realistic side of this top-flight European pro league. Team managers have the freedom to set their fantasy team strategy, choose the side's formation, and make daily personnel changes from a player lineup page.' Jeremy Fenn, Chief Executive of Sports Internet, commented: 'Yahoo! is a market leader in the world of the Internet. We are flattered to be the first UK entity to whom Yahoo! has extended the opportunity to link directly from its fantasy game to outside player pages. The traffic that we expect to be directed to optasoccer.com from Yahoo! will, we believe, greatly accelerate its establishment as the number one generic football website. We will continue to build relationships with market leaders to maintain our position as Europe's leading Internet sports content, statistics and gaming group.' 21 December 1999 Enquiries: Sports Internet Group plc Jeremy Fenn, Chief Executive Tel: 01423 700 800 College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020 Archie Berens