ESPN AND FANSONLY TEAM UP FOR COLLEGE SPORTS
ESPN.com and Student Advantage's FANSonly Network, the internet-based college sports network, are extending their relationship to expand coverage of college sports.
BRITSPORT.COM CHANGES HANDS AS ISPORT MOVE IN
iSport.com a global sports media company providing internet based sports administration and communication services, has acquired Britsport.com Ltd.
VTV SIGN FOUR YEAR BADMINTON DEAL
VTV, recently-acquired by UK-based The Television Corporation and now part of Sunset+Vine, has won a new four year contract to produce and distribute coverage of English badminton until 2005.
SAR-AN SIGN NINTH TURKISH TV DEAL
Turkish sport marketing agency Sar-an International has added to its soccer portfolio after signing an exclusive TV deal with soccer club Gaziantepspor.
ONLINE OLYMPIC STORE GOES LIVE
NBC/Quokka Ventures, a joint venture of NBC and Quokka Sports, has launched USOlympicstore.com.
FRIED NEW CHIEF AT SFX SPORTS GROUP
Fred Fried has been appointed marketing division president for SFX's Sports Group.
ANTWERP MAYOR BANS SOME EVENING SOCCER MATCHES
The mayor of the Belgian port city of Antwerp has banned late evening soccer matches where there are risks of hooliganism.
ATHLETICS-IOC OFFICIAL SLAMS SOTOMAYOR RULING
Leading Olympic figure Dick Pound has criticised the reduction of a ban on Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor who tested positive for cocaine.
EIRCOM PARK WINS PLANNING PERMISSION
The Irish Football Association has won unanimous approval from the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) for planning permission to build the new home for Irish soccer, Eircom Park.
IOC WARNS ATHENS TIME IS TIGHT TO BE READY FOR 2004
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Athens has made progress in putting its troubled plans to stage the 2004 Olympics back on track but warned that time was tight.