Americas

In a landmark judgment, Europe's top court has ruled that national sports federations have the right to set limits on the number of sportsmen and women who compete at international level.

Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers have named Pepsi the `Official Soft Drink of Comerica Park? as part of a new, multiyear agreement.

A new internet site catering for event organisers and sponsors, is being launched by S-Comm.

The average major league baseball salary has reached nearly $2million, according to a study of the 1999 major league contracts by the Associated Press agency. Only eight years ago the average league baseball salary passed $1million for the first time.

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission has agreed to solicit Letters of Interest from interested parties to explore long term sports franchise tenant opportunities and related financing plans for the L.A. Coliseum.

The owners of the New Jersey Nets and the New Jersey Devils have reached an agreement with developer Jerome Gottesman on the site for $275 million downtown arena.

Leigh Steinberg, Chairman and C.E.O. of Assante Sports Management Group has announced that Assante Corporation, a leading provider of integrated wealth and life management services, has acquired one of North America's top hockey representation firms, M.D. Gillis & Associates Ltd.

Sydney Olympics organisers have said hundreds of thousands of printed tickets were too big to fit into turnstiles.

Pepsi will be the soft drink of choice for three Chicago sports franchises. Agreements with the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, and United Center begin September 1, 2000. An agreement with the Chicago White Sox begins November 1, 2000.

Broadband Sports has been selected as the new designer, producer and manager of the official Dallas Cowboys Web site.

Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones has invested ?several million dollars? to become one of the primary stockholders in Santa Monica-based Broadband Sports, which produces approximately 200 professional athletes sites on athletesdirect.com.

Multipole International has extended its present 2000 Latin American soccer rights of the Copa del Rey and Spanish SuperCup.

Two controversial bills in Washington aim to ban wagering on college and Olympic games in Nevada, the last outpost of such legalized betting, reports APBnews.com.

The latest in a wave of new US stadia opened on Thursday when city officials cut the ribbon on $250 million Enron Field, the new home of the Houston Astros baseball team.

Pacific Bell Park, the San Francisco Giants' new baseball home, will include an Intranet-based video coaching system designed to improve player performance and more accurately scout competitive tendencies.

Washington State will install FieldTurf, the grass and Astroturf substitute, for both Martin Stadium and Rogers Practice Ground. Work on both projects begin in April 2000 and the surface should be ready to play by the end of June.