United Kingdom
Business

ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has promoted Vib Sharma to senior vice president, advertising and integrated sales.
Business

An Oxford-based speedway promoter has warned that Britain must adopt a more professional approach to the running of the UK?s Elite League if all clubs are to profit from increased attendance.
Media

The International Hockey Federation has appointed its media officer for the Sydney Olympics.

English county cricket club Kent has been granted permission by its local council to increase its capacity.
Business

Granada Media has taken 9.9 per cent share in English Premier League soccer club Arsenal in a deal worth $70m.
Stadia

Plans to officially open the new Wembley Stadium in London on the day of the 2003 FA Cup Final look set to be shelved after a dispute with the construction company.
Business

Sport England has welcomed the first phase of a multi-million pound project bid to develop the English Institute of Sport in the south-west of England.
Events

The appointment of a new head of public relations of English Premier League club Manchester United is a `very important step forward? according to the club?s new chief executive Peter Kenyon.

The proposed EC ban on soccer player has caused leading stockbrokers, UBS Warburg, to downgrade its rating on the world?s richest club.
Media

English Football League club Fulham has appointed its first ever female member of the board.

Team boss Eddie Jordan says he was the voice behind a move to ban Formula One activity in August.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cornhill Insurance is preparing to bow out as sponsors of English Test cricket after a 22 year association with the English game.
Events

Australia's oldest living Olympic athlete, who competed in the 1928 Amsterdam Games, opened the village for the Sydney Olympics as the first of an eventual 10,000 competitors moved in on Saturday.

Manchester United and Arsenal have led criticism from English clubs over European Commission plans to scrap the present transfer system in soccer.

World champions France have abandoned plans to play friendly internationals in South America early next year and will instead play two games in Europe.
Business

The European Commission has accused Britain of undermining the fight against drugs in sport by resisting moves to give the 15-nation European Union power to take decisions on the issue.

HomeChoice ? the video-on-demand UK service ? is extending its service, which includes sports programming, across London.
Events

Heavyweight Mike Tyson will return to the United States after two fights this year in Britain to face Poland's Andrew Golota on October 20, the promoters have confirmed.