WINTER GAMES TICKETS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
Organisers of the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City are planning to sell 100 tickets for about five times their face value on the auction house web site eBay.
NBA STARS TO LOSE 10 PER CENT OF WAGES
NBA players are set to be hit with a new 10 per cent tax on their wages.
MIZUNO RENEWS LONG TERM AGREEMENT WITH IOC
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Antonio Samaranch and the President of the Mizuno Corporation, Masato Mizuno signed a long-term agreement taking the partnership between the two organisations up to the 2008 Olympic Games.
UK CO WINS FAROE ISLANDS STADIUM SEATING CONTRACT
A UK-based galvanisng company has won a contract to create the seating structure for a national football stadium in the remote Faeroe Islands.
OLYMPIC FAMILY TO EAT 11.5 MILLION MEALS AT 2004 GAMES
Athletes, officials and visitors will eat about 11.5 million meals during the 2004 Olympic Games, dining on 300 tons of vegetables and fruits, 85 tons of seafood and 20 tons of eggs, Athens organizers said Friday.
GOLFBZ.COM LAUNCHES BZ TO BZ SERVICE
Golf Entertainment has launched GolfBZ.com, an internet business to business resource for golf course, golf range and related manufacturing, apparel, equipment and accessory companies within the golf industry.
XFL DEAD AFTER WWFE PULLS THE PLUG
The XFL dream has died after World Wrestling Federation Entertainment said it was pulling the plug on the competition ? just four months after the first game was broadcast.
INTERACTIVE SEATING DEAL STRUCK
Hussey Seating Company and Seiko Epsom Corp, the global technology company, are to co-develop `an interactive media seating solution? for the sports industry.
KIRCH SELLS BROADCASTING RIGHTS TO TWO GERMAN STATE-OWNED CHANNELS
Kirch, Germany?s second-biggest media company, has agreed to sell some broadcast rights for the 2002 and 2006 soccer World Cups to Germany?s two state-owned channels ARD and ZDF for a reported $115 million.
NICKLAUS TAKES GOLDEN BEAR PRIVATE
Golden Bear Golf, Inc. has completed its ?going private? merger with its wholly-owned subsidiary, G.B. Golf Corp.