Americas
NETGROCER SIGNS PARMA MERCHANDISE DEAL
US online retailer Netgrocer.com is to add a line of official merchandise for Italian Serie A soccer club Parma AC.
PROST F1 TEAM SIGNS WITH PSN
Prost Grand Prix said on Thursday they had signed a marketing and sponsorship deal with Miami-based television company PanAmerican Sports Network (PSN).
DRUG BAN FOR FEAR
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) have announced that archer Jackson Fear had been banned for two years for cannabis use.
AVERAGE BASEBALL SALARY UP 18 PER CENT TO $1.9M
Baseball players had a boom year at the bank in 2000 as average salaries soared by 17.5 per cent to $1.9 million according to the annual survey released Wednesday by the Major League Baseball Players Association.
GERMANS CHALLENGE FOR 2003 AMERICA?S CUP
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron said on Thursday it had accepted the first German challenge for the America's Cup in the competition's 150 year history.
TENNIS ASSOCIATION CREDITED WITH NEW DEAL
The MBNA Corporation has signed a long-term deal with the United States Tennis Association for MBNA to become the official credit card issuer for the USTA.
MINDARROW TARGETS NBA WITH EBROCHURE TECHNOLOGY
Web-based multimedia messaging experts MindArrow Systems have signed a deal with the NBA to allow the use of its eBrochure technology by NBA, WNBA and NBDL teams.
INDIAN HOCKEY COACH PAYS THE PENALTY
Indian hockey authorities have sacked chief coach Vasudevan Baskaran and dropped three senior players after their disappointing seventh-place finish at the Sydney Olympics.
MVP.COM ANNOUNCES MAJOR JOB CUTS
MVP.com, the sports e-tailer backed by athletic superstars Michael Jordan, John Elway and Wayne Gretzky, is to close its offices in Boulder, Colorado and Austin, Texas, and lay off 48 percent of its 166 employees.
OCTAGON ACQUIRES FOOTBALL OPERATION
US marketing giant Octagon has acquired the California-based football operation of Mike Sullivan and Jeff Sperbeck.
FIFA PLANS $1bn BOND
Soccer's international governing body FIFA will raise more than $1 billion in the bond market to cover its costs in the run-up to the next two World Cups.
RED SOX LOOK FOR NEW FENWAY PARK REVISIONS
The Boston Red Sox are planning changes in legislation drawn up over its new $660m stadium in a bid to make it easier to secure private funding.
NFL CHANGES ON COMPETITION COMMITTEE
Three new members of the NFL?s competition committee ? which recommends rules and policy changes - have been selected.
SPORTEL DATES FOR 2001 CONFIRMED
The dates for next year?s Sportel in Monaco have been confirmed.
FLORIDA MARLINS IN DEAL FOR $385 MILLION BALLPARK
The Florida Marlins and local politicians have finalised a plan to fund and build a $385-million, retractable-roof ballpark to keep the Major League baseball team in south Florida, officials said Sunday.
SMI PRESIDENT H.A. ‘HUMPY’ WHEELER BULLISH ON 2001 NASCAR SEASON
Following a flat year on the business side of the US motorsports industry, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, president and chief operating officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc, has said that the growth experienced by the industry, and NASCAR Winston Cup racing in particular, during the 1990s will resume in 2001.
ATHENS ORGANISERS FORECAST $800 MILLION TV REVENUES
Athens Olympics organisers (ATHOC) are forecasting revenues from TV rights for the 2004 Games will rise 16.5 percent from the Sydney figure to $800 million.
RAMS TOP ONLINE BESTSELLERS
New uniforms, a Super Bowl victory, and several high-profile players have helped make St. Louis Rams merchandise the top-seller this holiday season at eFANshop.