SportBusiness Staff

English premier league Newcastle United Plc has said that Chairman Denis Cassidy had quit after controversial directors Douglas Hall and Freddy Shepherd were restored to the main company board.
Business

Virtual imaging firm Princeton Video Image, Inc. (PVI) is to produce a branded first-down line for the first time in the international live television feeds of Super Bowl XXXV.
Business

European soccer's ruling body UEFA said on Friday it was determined not to repeat the mistakes that blighted the ticketing arrangements for this summer's World Cup finals at the 2000 European championships.

Manchester United soccer manager Alex Ferguson has fired a broadside at players' agents as the English champions move to renegotiate several long term contracts with players.
Business

A German bank has offered to purchase all of motor racing tycoon Bernie Ecclestone's planned bond issue provided conditions including a reduction in the deal's size are met, bankers in London has said.
Stadia

Finland's government should invest at least 43.3 million markka ($6.91 million) on stadium improvements to boost the joint Nordic bid for Euro 2008, a working group has proposed.
Business

A formidable army of supporters lined up to back England's World Cup 2006 bid, are claiming that the resignation of F.A. chief executive Graham Kelly would not hurt the nation's chances.

Online sports retailer MVP.com has laid off a further 36 employees, leaving it with 43 employees at its Chicago headquarters or a quarter of its original staff.
Events

The extent of football?s booming popularity among Britains armchair fans is confirmed by the release of television ratings that show 29 of the top 30 sporting events in 1998 were football matches.
Business

News Corp. has named Brian Mulligan, a former top executive at both Universal Pictures and its Seagram Co. parent, chairman of its Fox Television unit.