Latin America

Goal Media Group, the digital media company that produces.goalnetwork.com and todogol.com, has signed an exclusive internet partnership with a Hong Kong and Chinese market online soccer publisher.

Argentina's River Plate soccer team plans to open the club's marketing operations to a third party as part of a controversial plan to shore up and modernise its business.

Latin America's soccer champion, Argentina's Boca Juniors, is in talks to contract out its marketing operations to ISL.

The International Federation of PGA Tours has announced that the 2001 World Golf Championships-World Cup will be held in Shizuoka, Japan.

South Africa's World Cup bid chief said he was prepared to do a deal with rivals Brazil in order to secure South American backing in the vote to decide who hosts the 2006 tournament.

Organisers of England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup have shrugged off a report claiming South America had offered its backing to rival bidders South Africa.

An Australian promoter plans to bring World Cup winners France, England, Italy and Argentina to Australia as part of a A$40 million (US$23.2 million) showcase of soccer next year.

Argentina's soccer players union has voted unanimously, after the government met its demands for increased police protection from fans, to end a week-old anti-violence strike.

Argentina's soccer players are to go on strike this weekend in protest at on-pitch violence after a third division player was beaten by fans of the opposing team.

Argentina's professional soccer players could go on strike in protest against violent fans following the weekend's attacks on third division players during a pitch invasion.

ESPN has created a new promotional campaign for its four Latin American networks called The Best of European Soccer sponsored by Kodak. The promotion will run throughout April in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico .

Argentine buyout fund The Exxel Group is going to launch an Internet soccer portal in the near future.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hinted that he wants to give Diego Maradona a role connected with soccer's governing body.

Argentinean club soccer has received a major financial boost after clubs voted to allow private investment and professional management as a means to allow the domestic league to compete with its global rivals.

The last two weeks have shown `significant? signs that England?s World Cup 2006 bid may be leading the field, according to Roger Kelly, England?s 2006 bid spokesman, speaking this afternoon at England?s 2006 presentation at Football Expo in Cannes.

goalnetwork.com, the global online soccer network launched in November, has signed a deal to be the exclusive sponsor on 185 soccer matches broadcast on FOX Sports World and 175 soccer matches on FOX Sports World Espanol.