HONDA SAYS RETURN TO F1 RACING LIKELY IN 2000
Honda Motor Co. is likely to return to formula one in 2000, Honda President Hiroyuki Yoshino has said, adding the sport would help to improve corporate decision-making.
CBS CLAIMS SUPER BOWL WIN BUT RATINGS POOR
Super Bowl XXXV was a ratings winner for CBS but a relative dud compared with past games as the Baltimore Ravens killer defence dazzled the New York Giants but failed to draw record numbers of viewers.
ROMANIAN IOC MEMBER SIPERCO DIES
Alexandru Siperco, veteran Romanian member of the IOC who persuaded Communist authorities to compete in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, died on Monday. He was 78.
SPORTSLINE EXTENDS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEAL
SportsLine.com has extended its strategic relationship with Major League Baseball last week.
MURDOCH-MAN UDEAL GOES INTO EXTRA TIME
The bid by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB for famed English soccer club Manchester United was booted into extra time on Thursday after the British Government passed the deal to an anti-monopoly referee.
BRITISH EUROSPORT SECURES EXPANDED COVERAGE DEAL
British Eurosport has added another 55,000 homes in the UK following a carriage deal with Eurobell.starting the end of January.
HOENESS WANTS GERMAN FEDERATION TO PAY INTERNATIONALS
Bayern Munich manager Uli Hoeness thinks German internationals should be paid by the national federation while on duty for their country.
SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED NOT TO MATCH CONSORTIUM OFFER ON AFL TV RIGHTS.
Seven Network Limited has advised the Australian Football League that it would not accept its offer to match the News Limited led consortium bid for broadcast television rights for seasons 2002-2006.
FESTINA OFFER FOUR MILLION FRANCS AGAINST DOPING
The Festina cycling team, thrown out of this year's Tour de France because of a drugs scandal, has offered to donate four million French francs ($718,200) to help fight doping.
EMPICS TO TAKE LEGAL STEPS AGAINST RIVAL ALLSPORT
Sport photo agencies EMPICS and Allsport are set to clash in court over claims one ripped off the others web site.