Americas
Business

Olympic organisers will mount a new drive to win sponsors after revealing they had received a record 317,000 orders for tickets to the Sydney Games.
Business

News that Jacksonville Jaguars' owner Wayne Weaver and Cleveland Browns' owner Alfred Lerner have filed applications to purchase Arena Football League(AFL) teams could have important implications for Orlando Predators Entertainment (OPE).

National Car Rental has signed a deal to become the official car rental company of the NFL.
Stadia

Florida Marlins owner John Henry said he is drawing up a list of favoured sites for a proposed retractable-roof stadium for the team according to local press reports.
Business

Snowboard maker Ride Inc have signed a definitive merger agreement with K2, the Los Angeles-based sporting goods company.

Weak WNBA attendance figures and TV ratings are putting pressure on the league to review its franchise policy.
Business

Sports marketing company ANC Sports has appointed Mark Lev its new executive vice-president of marketing and sales.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is attempting to defuse the row over the allocation of places which has led to Asian countries threatening a boycott of the 2002 World Cup.
Events

Denver billionaire Donald Sturm has emerged as the winning bidder for Ascent Entertainment Group's Denver Nuggets professional basketball team and the Colorado Avalanche pro hockey team, after a competitor bowed out.
Business

NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has failed to commit to placing a team in Los Angeles blaming stadium financing issues for the decision.

CART has teamed up with Quokka Sports to launch the CART Charities on-line auction.
Business

Plans for a new basketball and ice hockey arena in Dallas, due for completion in autumn 2001, have been unveiled by city officials.
Media

NHL franchise, San Jose Sharks and Fox Sports Net Bay Area have reached a new long-term television agreement that makes Fox Sports Net Bay Area the sole television provider of Sharks games.

Senator John McCain is considering a second set of hearings into Olympic reforms in the wake of the Salt Lake City bribery scandal.

Malaysia's ruling soccer body will not support Asia's tentative boycott of the 2002 World Cup over an extra berth, according to local newspaper reports.
Events

The US Justice Department has brought the first charges from its investigation into the Salt Lake City Olympics bidding scandal as a Utah businessman agreed to plead guilty and cooperate in the probe.
Business

With one-third of its members facing unemployment in less than a month, the US baseball umpires' union has filed an unfair labour practice charge this week against the American and National leagues.
Business

NBC reports that its ad sales for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, are on track despite numerous obstacles.