Americas
COINING IT IN WITH NEW WORLD CUP MOMENTO
Gold and silver coins commemorating soccer's 2002 World Cup finals have been minted in South Korea, which is gearing up with Japan to co-host the biggest event in world football.
MARATHON ORGANISERS CALL FOR BLOOD TESTING
Organisers of five of the world's leading big city marathons urged the world governing body on Monday to introduce blood testing for prohibited drugs.
SCHUMACHER HEADS SPORT?S RICH LIST
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher heads the American Forbes Magazine's list of the highest paid athletes for the year 2000 with US$59m in earnings.
DE LA HOYA FIGHTS ON WITH HBO
Oscar De La Hoya's next fight will be screened on HBO while the fighter is still in legal dispute with the US cable channel.
NBC TO HONOUR TWO YEAR XFL CONTRACT
NBC will honour its two-year contractual commitment to XFL - despite another viewing figure slide in Week Four of the season.
PHILADELPHIA TEAMS UPBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR NAMING RIGHTS
The NFL?s Philadelphia Eagles and Major League Baseball?s Phillies are upbeat about their prospects of securing lucrative naming rights deal for their new facilities.
ST ANDREWS DROPS BID TO STAGE 2009 RYDER CUP
St Andrews golf course has pulled out of the running to stage the 2009 Ryder Cup in an attempt to increase Scotland's chances of hosting the event.
SACRAMENTO PICKED FOR 2004 OLYMPIC TRIALS
America's 2004 Olympic athletics team will be chosen at the same site that hosted the 2000 Sydney Games trials, USA Track & Field officials have said.
NETWORK TEES OFF WITH RATINGS BOOST
USA Network's coverage of PGA Tour golf says it is recording an average overall household rating of 1.1 (914,000 households) up +10% from last year's overall 1.0 household rating.
MAN UTD MOST VALUABLE SPORTS BRAND IN EUROPE
The world's richest soccer club, English Premier League side Manchester United , is the most valuable sports brand in Europe, according to a new survey.
MORE WEB PAIN AS BROADBAND GOES BUST
Another dot com has gone bust with Los Angeles-based sports media company BroadbandSports forced to shut down.
ANSCHUTZ TO BUY D.C UNITED
Phillip F. Anschutz, the Colorado multi-billionaire who operates three of Major League Soccer?s 12 teams, will add another franchise to his stable ? D.C United.
CART TO OPEN `ENTERTAINMENT? OFFICE IN LA
CART is to open a Los Angeles office dedicated to extending its presence in the entertainment industry.
TICKETS.COM WINS BASEBALL ROLE
Tickets.com has been selected as the ticketing provider for spring training by the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants.
QUOKKA AXES 59 PER CENT OF STAFF IN RESTRUCTURING
Troubled sports and entertainment internet group Quokka Sports has been forced to lay off 59 percent of its 369 employees.
SENSI VOWS TO TURN ROMA INTO ITALY’S MAN UTD
AS Roma President Franco Sensi wants to turn the club into an Italian Manchester United by clinching a deal with a big U.S. sports team.
BOB SCHWARTZ NAMED COMCAST-SPECTACOR VP MARKETING
Bob Schwartz has been named vice president of marketing for Comcast-Spectacor Ventures and its affiliated companies.
NASCAR PROMOTES FEIT TO NEW ROLE
NASCAR has promoted Andrew Feit to the position of director, new business and industry relations.