SportBusiness Staff
Events

Host Broadcast Services (HBS), the host broadcaster for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan, is to hold the first World Broadcaster Meeting April 24/25 2001 for broadcasters involved in the 2002 finals.
Events

Britain's five-times Olympic rowing champion Steve Redgrave is hoping to launch a new Formula One-styled championship for the sport.
Business

Siemens Mobile Phones has launched what is believed to be the world's biggest WAP service providing match results, fixtures and news for football fans across Europe.
Events

Extreme Sports Channel, the first ever 24 hour extreme sports content channel, is to launch in the UK, available free of charge to digital satellite TV subscribers.
Business

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has welcomed the UK Government's decision to invest #750 million in new sports facilities.
Media

Senior officials behind the Sydney Olympics could be offered consultancy contracts for the Athens Games in 2004.
Events

The English Football Association has finally given permission for a foreign broadcaster to set up its own television cameras for coverage of an international match.
Business

IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and the vice-president and minister for foreign affairs of Greece, George Papandreou, will host a joint press conference on Wednesday in Sydney on the establishment of the International Olympic Truce Centre.
Business

SAIL, the South African sports brand management company, has produced strong interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2000, pushing up headline earnings per share by 57%.
Media

Sportswear firm Reebok has been forced to scrap a TV commercial after the athlete featured pulled out of the Olympics.