SportBusiness Staff

Quokka Sports has successfully completed the acquisition of Total Sports, the sports internet company, following July?s definitive acquisition agreement.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Dick Pound said on Wednesday that Athens was far behind in preparing the 2004 Olympics but denied the IOC was considering moving the Games.

Carnegie Cooke & Company has signed a deal with the Jockey Club Ceraense, in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, for the exclusive operation of international simulcast transmission of racing events.

Online ticket requests for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games may soon exceed the record total tickets sold through the internet for the recent Summer Games in Sydney.

The City of Manchester Stadium is well on its way for completion in advance of the Commonwealth Games 2002.

Sri Lanka's scandal-tainted cricket board has suspended its chief executive amid reports of a multi-million dollar television rights dispute.

Celta Vigo's Russian international Valery Karpin is hoping to finish the season with the status of a European Union national after taking his case to a Madrid court this week.

The Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA) has funded the development of a new $4.1 million facility dedicated to ice sports.

Despite losing the duMaurier Open ? one of the LPGA?s major championships - Canada will still host an LPGA tournament in 2001.

Sportsworld Media Group, the sports TV production, sponsorship and event marketing company, has acquired Infinite Management Solutions Ltd. (IMS) for A$850,000 ($442,000 ), of which A$450,000 ($234,000) will be paid in Sportsworld shares.