SportBusiness Staff

Ladbrokes, the betting and gaming division of Hilton Group plc, today launched an online casino, at the same time calling for an extension of UK gaming laws to protect internet customers.

On the eve of the new NBA season, Spalding has launched its biggest ever UK marketing campaign.

Leading US job-search websites, Monster.com and HotJobs.com, have bucked the dot-com trend by again viewing the Super Bowl as a worthy vehicle for their promotion.

Boston Red Sox chief John Harrington has admitted his surprise at the number of potential bidders for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise.

The National Football League (NFL) has signed deals with two major new media providers to deliver NFL broadband content to the world.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has presented the Olympic Cup to the people of Sydney for their fair play during the Sydney Olympics.

Inspired by the success of the Lifetime women's cable channel, the USA Network has begun screening TV movies and mini-series on Saturday afternoons as an alternative to the sports programming on broadcast networks.

Umbro, Manchester United's kit maker, has taken legal advice after revelations that England's richest soccer club has agreed a #300 million ($435 million) deal with US sportswear giant Nike.

All international cricket players, umpires and officials are to be asked to complete confidential declarations before the end of November after a series of match-fixing scandals, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced.

The ICC has ordered all international cricket players, umpires and officials to declare their innocence of match-fixing by the end of November.