SportBusiness Staff

Benin and Togo have withdrawn their joint bid to host the 2004 African Nations' Cup hours before the final presentation by the candidate countries was to be made in Cairo.
Stadia

The NFL Washington Redskins are hoping to raise an additional $9 million in annual gate receipts from the installation of the addition 4,000 extra seats to FedEx Field.
Business

Yahoo! has signed three agreements to provide live video and audio broadcasts of collegiate sporting events covering 22 colleges and universities on Yahoo! Sports.

Sportal.co.uk is set to webcast the worlds oldest Classic race, the Rothmans Royals St Leger, as part of its line-up of top class racing coverage.
Stadia

A below-standard Olympic soccer pitch is being returfed and will be ready in time, removing concerns a new venue would have to found, organisers have said.
Events

Australia's oldest living Olympic athlete, who competed in the 1928 Amsterdam Games, opened the village for the Sydney Olympics as the first of an eventual 10,000 competitors moved in on Saturday.

Manchester United and Arsenal have led criticism from English clubs over European Commission plans to scrap the present transfer system in soccer.

World champions France have abandoned plans to play friendly internationals in South America early next year and will instead play two games in Europe.
Business

France, currently president of the European Union, is pressing for sports "specificity" to be recognised by the European Commission after EU plans to scrap transfer rules sparked consternation in soccer.
Events

SNTV, the sports video news service jointly-owned by TWI and APTN, the television arm of the Associated Press, has launched SNTVi aimed exclusively at internet -based operators.