Chile
Business

European champions Real Madrid football club's debts have risen to 20.15 billion pesetas ($132.8 million).
Business

Sydney and Salt Lake City Olympic officials have sought to reassure potential sponsors and spectators that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was dealing effectively with the biggest scandal in its 104-year history.

Business

1.DIRTY TRICKS SURFACE IN IOC SCANDAL

2.KENYA'S MUKORA QUITS IOC

3.SAMARANCH DEFIANT, TOO

4.2006 WINTER OLYMPIC BIDDERS FACE CONFUSION, NEW RULES

5.2012 BIDS

6.HOT FILE
Business

The Chilean Olympic Committee (COCh) has accepted the resignation of Cristian Rodriguez, its general secretary who was accused of corruption in Utah's bid for the 2002 Winter Games.

Business

The president of the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCh), Sergio Santander, has handed in a letter of resignation after he was accused of corruption in Salt Lake City's successful bid to host the 2002 Winter Games.
Business

A decision by the president of the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCh) to resign does not necessarily mean he will stand down from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the acting COCh head has said.

Events

Quepasa!com will sponsor Fox Sports World Espanol's network coverage of the Copa America '99 which begins on June 29.
Events

DIRECTV, the leading US digital pay-TV entertainment service, has reached an affiliate agreement with FOX Sports World to offer the network on the DIRECTV programming line-up beginning September 1, 1999.
Media

Multi-media company 365 Corporation has reported pre-tax first quarter losses of #7million ($10.2/?11.2m), but has slashed operating costs from #5.8m ($8.4/?9.3m) to #3.8m ($5.5m/?6m) in its bid for profitability.
Business

Brazilian soccer's latest scandal has taken a new twist after a private meeting of the country's leading directors was secretly recorded and then broadcast by a radio station.

Chile is to bid for soccer's Confederations Cup 2003 it was announced by the Chilean National Association of Professional Football (ANFP) yesterday.

Argentine officials admitted on Thursday that they were pessimistic about the chances of a quick end to the players' strike, the second to hit the domestic game this year.
Business

Television distributor Venevision International has been chosen by satellite broadcaster DirecTV to sub-license the rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup in a number of Latin American nations.
Events

Latin American pay-TV sports network PSN is to broadcast more than 100 matches from two of the region?s soccer tournaments ? the Copa Mercosur and the Copa Merconorte.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports rights marketing company Traffic has expressed dismay at poor ticket sales for the first two quarter-finals of the controversial Copa America.
Events

Chilean league soccer club O?Higgins has sacked its whole team for refusing to turn out for a match against Universidad de Chile.
Business

The Chilean national football squad recorded profits of $3.27 million last year despite its poor results on the field which has left it with little chance of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup.
Business

Sportswear giants Nike denied before a Congressional commission of inquiry on Wednesday that they interfere in the picking of the Brazilian national soccer team, which they sponsor.