Canada
Brisbane Capital Corp buys Eventco
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Brisbane Capital Corp is to purchase the shares of Eventco, the Californian sports entertainment company wholly owned by Leon Hatcher.
IOC prepares to hand Olympics to China for first time
After a campaign which will be remembered for human rights demonstrations and a few ill-chosen words about cannibalism, Olympic chiefs will decide the venue of the 2008 Summer Games this week at what is expected to be an historic meeting.
War Veterans disapprove of Australian nickname
War veterans complained on Friday that the new "Diggers" nickname given to Australia's world championship team in Edmonton, Canada, was inappropriate.
SME Executives leave SFX Sports Group
Edward O'Hara and Gregory Economou, the two principals of brand identity development company, SME Power Branding, have separated from the SFX Sports Group, which acquired the company in 1999.
Mariner Home Games to be on Internet in Japanese
Seattle Mariners will have their home games broadcast in Japanese live on the internet from today.
Caborn to show UK can host Olympics
Sports Minister Richard Caborn has promised that the UK will demonstrate it is capable of hosting the Olympics in case the Government bids to bring the Games to Britain in 2012.
Isport in merger talks
Global sports media company iSport has confirmed to sportbusiness.com it is on the verge of a major merger.
Continental basketball association set for relaunch
The Continental Basketball Association - the longest-standing professional basketball league in the world - will today announce its relaunch in the US and Canada.
MOLSON WILL KEEP NHL TEAM
Molson Inc., Canada's oldest brewer, has said it will keep its underperforming National Hockey League team, the Montreal Canadiens, but will consider selling its other sports and entertainment assets.
BEIJING APPOINTS OLYMPIC BID COMMITTEE
China has set up a 76-member committee to organise Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
HISTORIC HOCKEY VENUE UP FOR SALE
After almost 70 years and a scores of Stanley Cups, the owners of the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs have put the venerable Maple Leaf Gardens, home to the local hockey club for more than 67 years, on the auction block.
CRICKET ‘FIX’ CLAIMS RAGE ON AS AKRAM GETS ALL CLEAR
Wasim Akram has been reinstated as Pakistan cricket captain after being given the all-clear following a judge's inquiry into match-fixing.
NHL DRAWS UP CANADIAN LOTTERY PLAN
The NHL is willing to join forces with provincial lottery corporations to help keep the six Canadian-based teams in Canada. The proposal is in line with the NHL's commitment to maintaining a ?healthy and viable presence in Canada? amid fears that some teams may fold without government help.
NFL IN LA COULD COST $1 BILLION
A record $1 billion-plus could be the price of admission to the NFL for its 32nd team.
NBA’S VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES PURCHASED BY LAURIE SPORTS INTERESTS
An agreement has been reached between the current owners of the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA team to sell the club to Paige Sports Entertainment, the new pro sports business owned by Bill and Nancy Laurie, purchasers of the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team.
STERN TO OFFICIALLY UNVEIL NBA.COM TV
NBA Commissioner David J. Stern is to announce at the 1999 NBA League Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, that the league is launching NBA.com TV ? a new 24-hour television network ? on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
BALLY FITNESS EXPANDS IN CALIFORNIA
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp., has bought six George Brown fitness centres in Fresno, California and one club in the San Francisco area, expanding the fitness company's presence in California.
RUSSIAN MINISTER CALL FOR NEW SPORTSMEN TAX
Some of Russia's top sports figures abroad will be made to pay taxes back home if the country's new sports supremo has his way.