Americas

The world?s largest media company AOL Time Warner is in talks with the UK?s largest cable company NTL about a distribution alliance for content over high-speed broadband networks.

Makati City, the Philippines? chief financial district, will bid to host the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.

Nasdaq-listed Quokka Sports, the company at the forefront of developments in online sports content, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States in preparation for an asset fire-sale.

A center-field restaurant is the latest dramatic change Tribune Co wants to make to the Chicago Cubs? Wrigley Field.

The Florida Marlins scored a significant victory late on Friday when they received preliminary approval to a major source of funding for a new ballpark on the Miami River.

Sportbusiness.com can exclusively reveal that the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is to invest $122 in Sports Capital Partners, the private equity fund co-established by marketing giant IMG.

The 38-year-old Washington Wizards part-owner and president Michael Jordan has opened the door a little wider to the possibility of returning to the NBA playing courts he once ruled. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has hinted that new baseball stadia for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets would be built soon.

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will move the Florida Marlins out of South Florida or abolish it altogether if it doesn't get a new ballpark, according to newspaper reports.

Global event hospitality company, Iluka UK, have re-signed sponsor Samsung for management of their Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic winter Games hospitality programme.

At least eight XFL players have signed NFL contracts and as much as 100 could follow as NFL teams follow up the draft by acquiring free agents to fill their training camp rosters.

Baseball?s official site, MLB.com, will this week launch two new features it hopes will raise its customer confidence after several early-season gaffes.

The City of Pontiac in Michigan has subpoenaed the National Football League and sued Wayne County to wrest information about the Detroit Lions' new stadium and how it landed the 2006 Super Bowl.

The Florida Marlins baseball team has hit a major roadblock in its bid to secure a new Miami stadium.

An American radio station has dropped its online broadcasts of a local ice hockey team because of advertising concerns.

The Boston Red Sox?s chances of obtaining the city approval needed to proceed with their plan for a new home stadium at Fenway Park look bleak after a recent meeting between the team and city officials.