Nordics
Business

America's Cup holders, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, accepted the Swiss challenge for yachting's biggest prize on Monday after a month of legal wrangling.
Stadia

Berlin will host its first Speedway Grand Prix when the series comes to the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium on May 5, 2001.
Events

Stockholm?s Olympic Stadium will host its first speedway meeting for nearly thirty years when the Speedway Grand Prix hits the Swedish capital on Saturday 29 September 2001.
Events

Internet TV company Kamera is to broadcast the ATP Scania Stockholm Open online next week.

National football association official?s from the countries at the heart of the proposed ?Atlantic League? have met today for further discussions with club representatives.
Business

The Women's United Soccer Association, which plans to kick off next April, unveiled its nicknames, logos and venues.
Events

The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.
Business

Ten cities have submitted bids to be the permanent headquarters of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).
Events

Universal McCann Event, McCann Erickson?s sports marketing department in Paris, has brokered a partnership agreement between Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body for air sports, and Discovery Wings Channel, the North American channel for air sports enthusiasts.
Events

Internet TV company Kamera Interactive is to deliver broadband broadcasts from the Olympic Games for Swedish communication company Bredbandsbolaget (B2).
Business

The ATP Tour will unveil the latest ad in its "New Balls Please" campaign in tomorrow's edition of USA Today.
Events

Moldova has been given permission by UEFA to use their main stadium for international matches this season, the country's soccer chief said.
Business

APTN has chosen Stockholm-based Kamera Interactives? ?KameraOne? service for the online distribution of some of its sports and news video content across Europe.

Holders Real Madrid will find out their first opponents in the 2000/2001 Champions League on

A system that could offer 100 percent accuracy on line calls in tennis will be used for the first time at November's hardcourt Stockholm Open.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Research and evaluation specialist S-Comm is expanding its support office in Sweden with three new staff members.

Leading Swedish clubs AIK Stockholm, IFK Gothenburg and Helsingborg might be interested in playing in a new European league if governing body UEFA backs the idea.
Events

PayForView.com, integrated on-line and off-line entertainment company, has acquired the internet broadcast rights to two international soccer games: The USA woman's championship team versus. Norway on July 30th and the Benfica versus Liverpool game on August 5th.