NIKE PROTESTORS CHASE TIGER
A ceremony celebrating the award of an honorary degree to Tiger Woods was disrupted by demonstrations against sportswear giant Nike?s record on worker?s rights. The golfer who is in Thailand to play the Johnnie Walker Classic tournament in Bangkok walked past the peaceful protest but did not stop to talk to the demonstrators.
TEAM KELME?S FUTURE ON THE LINE
Spanish Team Kelme, the longest serving pro team on the professional cycling tour, could quit their involvement in cycling.
TELE+ AND STREAM DELAY ON SINGLE DIGITAL DECODER
Italy?s Telecommunications Authority has threatened to revoke the licenses of the country?s two pay-TV operators, Tele+ and Stream, after the latest ultimatum for adopting a single digital decoder standard expired on November 6.
BEARS HUG NEW STADIA PROPOSAL
The NFL?s Chicago Bears have reached an agreement with city officials over a $587m renovation of Soldier Field.
SYNCHRO SYSTEMS MAILS 60,000 ARSENAL FANS
Ticketing solutions company Synchro Systems has completed the mailing of sixty thousand Arsenal FC's Champions League tickets.
SPLIT DECISION ON LEWIS-TUA PPV BUYS
The heavyweight title bout between Lennox Lewis and David Tua attracted less than half the US pay-per-view buys generated by Lewis? championship winning fight against Evander Holyfield.
SOCCER FRAUD BRINGS DOWN GERMAN MINISTER
Germany's transport minister has resigned, three days after being fined over a fraud at a soccer club dating from his days in local government.
ROMANIA BANS CLUB BOSS FOR FORGING TRANSFER DOCUMENT
The president of Rapid Bucharest has been banned from any involvement with the Romanian first division club for six months for forging the contract of a player's transfer, the country's soccer federation (FRF) said in a statement.
ASIAN PROMOTER FORMS NEW JOINT VENTURE
Asian soccer promoter ProEvents Management Ltd has formed a new joint venture company with Manchester-based sports management company World Sports Solutions Ltd (?WSS?), to represent top European clubs and players in Asia.
BROADBAND SPORTS ACQUIRES ACTION SPORTS NETWORK
Broadband Sports has acquired Action Sports Network, one of the largest online sites dedicated to the rapidly growing extreme sports industry. Broadband Sports is combining the assets of its FreeStyleDirect division, which produces the official sites for many of the biggest stars in extreme sports - such as Kelly Slater, Bucky Lasek, Dave Mirra and Fabiola da Silva - with the three sites within the Action Sports Network - surflink.com, snowboardlink.com and skateboardlink.com.