Americas

McLaren technical director Adrian Newey is poised to join Formula One rivals Jaguar, according to reports.

Soccer?s world governing body FIFA has put plans for a bond issue backed by the marketing rights to the 2002 World Cup on hold, a source close to the deal said earlier today.

Watch manufacturer Rolex has agreed to be a sponsor at golf?s next two Ryder Cups within Europe and of the 2003 European team when the matches are played in the United States.

Former Marquee Group chief Robert Gutkowski?s Nasdaq-listed marketing agency, Magnum Sports & Entertainment, Inc has formed a strategic joint venture with sports industry veteran Frank Vuono?s 16W Marketing LLC, to create marketing strategies focused on fashion and modelling opportunities to the world's top athletes.

The International Amateur Athletic Federation's (IAAF) annual grand prix final will be held over two days from 2003 and at the same venue every year, IAAF president Lamine Diack said on Sunday.

Major League Baseball could be facing a drastic overhaul with Commissioner Bud Selig considering revenue sharing, relocation and even the disbanding of some teams.

Rival cable television broadcasters HBO and Showtime are negotiating to present a fight between former champions Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis.

National Football League owners have unanimously approved a realignment of the expanded 32-team league into eight four-team divisions beginning with the 2002 season, the league said.

Speculation is growing that media giant Kirch is planning to go public following the appointment of an American investment banker as the group?s new chief financial officer.

Former LA Raiders owner AL Davis has lost his $1.2bn law suit claiming the NFL forced them back to Oakland in 1995.

The 32 owners of The National Football League (NFL) will convene in Chicago this week to discuss and, as seems likely, approve the most significant shake-up since its merger with the American Football League 35 years ago.

New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani is set to unveil a $100m investment in a new sports and entertainment complex at Randall's and Ward's Island Park.

The New Orleans Saints was the only team in the National Football League in the US to report a loss in operating profit last season.

John Skipper, the boss of sports web operator ESPN.com, told the Interactive Sport West Conference in Los Angeles this week that his site would move out of the red in the second half of 2002.

The "soft" US advertising market for sports broadcasts could force networks to reduce prices or return ad space to affiliate stations, according to a leading industry consultant.

Drafting on the surging popularity of NASCAR stock car racing, a New York sports marketing firm unveiled plans on Tuesday for a racing league with up to a dozen teams set to begin competing in 2003.