Contract Awarded

SPORTS INTERNET GROUP PLC
5 August 1999

                                  
                                  
                      SPORTS INTERNET GROUP PLC
                ('Sports Internet' or 'the Company')

               Opta Index Wins New Statistics Contract

Sports Internet, the Internet sports, betting and gaming group  which
recently  acquired Opta Index Limited ('Opta '), announces that  Opta
has  secured  an  exclusive three year contract to  act  as  official
statistics provider to all three divisions of the Nationwide Football
League.

Sports  Internet is pleased to announce that Opta, which it  acquired
in  June  1999, has won an exclusive three-year contract as  Official
Statistician  for  Divisions 1, 2 and 3 of  the  Nationwide  Football
League.   Opta  has  simultaneously  signed  an  agreement  with  The
Nationwide Building Society to produce statistics under their  banner
-  'Nationwide Statistics, compiled by Carling Opta'.  The Nationwide
contract,   together  with  Opta's  existing  contract  as   Official
Statistician  to the FA Premier League, makes Carling Opta  the  sole
provider of statistics to the professional game in England.

Established in 1996, Opta is a sports media and information  company,
which  has  developed  the  concept  of  an  index  to  analyse   the
performance  of players and teams within the FA Premier League.   The
new Nationwide League contract is further recognition of the validity
of that concept.

Jeremy Fenn, Chief Executive of Sports Internet, commented:

'Through  winning  the  Nationwide  League  contract,  Opta  has  now
achieved  recognition  as  the official statistician  to  the  entire
professional game of football.  This will be appreciated by  existing
users  of our web sites and should increase the potential to  attract
new visitors.'

Enquiries:

Sports Internet
Jeremy Fenn, Chief Executive                 Tel: [phone]

Opta Index                                   Tel: [phone]
Suzie Russell

College Hill                                 Tel: [phone]
Nicola Weiner
Archie Berens