GOLF RESORT IN $1bn SALE TALKS
A group of investors led by golf great Arnold Palmer, film star Clint Eastwood and former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth is close to a deal to buy the famed Pebble Beach golf resort for as much as $1 billion, according to reports.
UFA BRAZILIAN DEAL ? FIRM REVEALS DETAILS OF DEAL
UFA Sports has concluded a general marketing contract with the top Brazilian soccer club Vasco da Gama.
FOX SPORTS WORLD ESPANOL TO LAUNCH ON TIME WARNER, EL PASO
FOX Sports World Espanol, the only 24-hour, Spanish-language sports network in the United States, is to distribute its programming to more than 117,000 Time Warner Communications' subscribers in El Paso, Texas.
TICKET SALE BOOST FOR WWC
Organisers of soccer's Women's World Cup say they are on course to top 500,000 ticket sales before the event kicks-off in June.
IOC REJECTS SALT LAKE CITY GUN SPONSORSHIP
The IOC has rejected Salt Lake City plans to agree a $500,000 official Olympic gun sponsorship for the 2002 Winter Games.
MAVERICKS SHARES SET FOR CUBAN?
Media company Belo Corp says it is to sell its interest in the NBA?s Dallas Mavericks and its new downtown arena.
IRISH FA SAY YUGOSLAVIA GAME IS OFF DESPITE UEFA
The Football Association of Ireland has said a controversial European championship qualifier between Ireland and Yugoslavia in Dublin would not take place on Saturday.
REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN SIMULTANEOUS TV/INTERNET USAGE
A Showtime Networks study on usage of TV and the internet has found that approximately 25 million US households simultaneously use online services and watch television, an increase of 39% from January 1999.
ASIACONTENT.COM SIGNS EURO 2000 SMS AGREEMENT
Asiacontent.com, a leading Asian multi-local internet content company, and SingTel Mobile have launched an on-demand short messaging service (SMS) in Singapore featuring Euro 2000 up-to-the-minute results, news and tips.
THREE-WAY MERGER SET FOR CLUB RUGBY
London Irish, London Scottish and Richmond rugby union clubs are planning a three-way merger according to UK press reports. With Richmond unlikely to meet today's deadline to submit secure refinancing proposals, a merger would make sense not only for the clubs but the professional club's umbrella body, English First Division Rugby (EFDR), who want to reduce the league from 14 to 12 clubs.