SportBusiness Staff

Dubai World Cup racing organisers have raised the prize money for the 2001 event to $15.25 million from $12 million offered in 2000.

Developers of the new Wembley Stadium have appointed a new contractor for the multi-million dollar venue.

The Women In Sports Careers Foundation (WISC) has launched its Online Career Center in response to demand from sports organizations scrambling to find female applicants to fill their positions.

Almost every person on the planet with access to a television will watch the Sydney Olympics at some time in the next month.

Worldwide Olympic Partner Samsung Electronics has unveiled the centrepiece of its $200 million global marketing campaign and signed an agreement to continue its sponsorship for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games and the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.

The president and CEO of Time Warner Sports is to take over a top role at Madison Square Garden.

A FIFA official has said some 2002 World Cup soccer matches could be staged in North Korea after the two Koreas agreed to march under the same flag at the Olympic Games.

Sports4cast, the UK-based online sports? analysis and forecasting service, is to seek a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

Internetsoccer.com will be featuring audio coverage direct from Australia as men's and women's national soccer teams go for gold.

SINA.com, an online media and services company for Chinese communities worldwide, has launched China's official Olympics web site, http://aoyun.sina.com.cn.