United Kingdom

George Graham's position as Tottenham Hotspur manager is secure "for the time being", according to the club's new owners, as reports link Glenn Hoddle with a return to White Hart Lane.

Pay-per-view television company U>direct, which earlier this year covered England?s World Cup qualifying match away against Finland, is understood to be bidding for the re-structured pay-per-view rights to England?s Premier League.

English football club Chelsea is on the verge securing an #18million ($26m), three-year deal with leading airline Emirates, which would be the second-biggest shirt sponsorship in football.

European bank BNP Paribas will become the worldwide title sponsor of the Davis Cup tennis tournament from 2002.

Investment company ENIC is on the verge of securing a #22m ($35m) deal to take over English Premier League soccer team Tottenham Hotspur.

Aladdino, the free-to-access mobile Internet portal, has signed a cross-border European deal with Sportal the leading global provider of interactive sports content. Under the agreement, Sportal will be supplying football, Formula1 and horse racing news content for Aladdino-registered users of mobile devices in the UK, France and Spain.

Brain-damaged British boxer Michael Watson could win more than #1 million ($1.47 million) in compensation after the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) lost its appeal over the claim.

Leicester City chairman Rodney Walker on Tuesday took over as chief of the troubled project to rebuild London's Wembley stadium, one of the most famous soccer grounds in the world.

Britain's leading triathletes, led by three-time world champion Simon Lessing, have called for the resignation of their national governing body's chairman because of fears that they will be barred from lucrative races in Europe in 2001 in the sport's first post-Olympic season.

Britain's biggest cable group NTL has re-entered the battle for Premier League pay-per-view soccer coverage rights only months after pulling out of a 328 million pound ($480 million) cash deal, the Times reported on Wednesday.

Injured British boxer Michael Watson could win more than #1m in compensation ($1.47 million) after the British Board of Boxing Control (BBBC) lost its appeal on Tuesday over the claim.

sportbusiness.com has learned this morning that ENIC is hoping to announce the company?s expected buy-out of Sir Alan Sugar?s share-holding in Tottenham Hotspur Plc.deal today.

Eleven soccer clubs from five of Europe's smaller nations are to keep alive the prospect of a breakaway "Euroleague" in the face of UEFA's failure to address their concerns.

Ice Hockey Services Limited, the company which owns all of Scotland?s franchises for the UK?s Superleague ice hockey competition, is considering selling one.

Aladdino, the free-to-access mobile internet portal for both PDA and WAP platforms has signed a cross-border European deal with Sportal the provider of interactive sports content.

UK-based sports marketing consultancy, Fast Track, headed by Alan Pascoe, has launched a new company web site as it continues to expand beyond its core athletics business and into the international sports business market.