RNS Number:4917T
Sports & Leisure Group PLC
19 December 2003

                 Sports & Leisure Group plc ("the Company")



The Company announced on 12 December 2003 that it had agreed an extension to its
option to acquire a further 24 per cent. interest in Sports Network, to 19
December 2003.  The Company has not found an acceptable basis for exercising the
option, and it accordingly lapses today.


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