United Kingdom
HOSPITALITY FIRM GETS RED CARD FROM HIGH COURT
Wembley Stadium and the English Football Association has gained an important victory in their war against the corporate hospitality black market, after the High Court granted a temporary injunction against Adams Sport & Leisure.
BROWN MARKS NEW STADIUM PROJECT
The manager of Scotland national soccer team has planted a time capsule to mark the start of work on a new $10m stadium.
UNITED TOP SHARES LEAGUE
Manchester United have once again come top of the league ? this time in a table of the top UK soccer club shares.
CARDIFF SET TO HOST FOOTBALL LEAGUE FINALS DURING WEMBLEY REBUILD
Cardiff?s Millennium Stadium is set to be confirmed as the host for a number of key soccer games while Wembley Stadium is demolished and rebuilt.
FIFA SUCCESS IN CYBERSQUATTER BATTLE
World soccer's governing body FIFA has kicked a cybersquatter off the website www.fifa-world-cup.com in its second such victory before an international panel, U.N. arbitrators have said.
EUROBET LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE GAMBLING SERVICE
Eurobet is launching a new sports wagering site ? and is kicking it off to coincide with the traditional curtain raiser for the English domestic football season.
MANAGER BLAST AT PAY-PER-VIEW DEAL
The manager of the England national soccer side has hit out over a deal to sell domestic TV rights of an upcoming World Cup qualifier to a pay-per-view channel.
SKY GETS ENGLAND GAMES
UK satellite and digital broadcaster BSkyB is to show this fall?s England soccer internationals against France and Italy exclusively live on its Sky Sports service.
ENGLAND WC QUALIFIER TO GO PPV
The Finnish Football Association has sold the UK rights for the World Cup qualifier between Finland and England to the Digital Broadcasting Company - paving the way for the first pay-per-view broadcast of an England international soccer match.
FAST TRACK RECRUITS FORMER DOME SPONSORSHIP EXEC
Alan Pascoe, group chairman of sports consultancy Fast Track, has recruited Marc Hope, sponsorship manager of the London Dome?s New Millennium Experience Company as head of business development.
SFA WAIT ON STUDY FOR 2008 BID
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) will wait for the findings of a feasibility study before deciding whether to make a bid to host the 2008 European Championship.
CART ANNOUNCES RECORD 22-RACE SCHEDULE FOR 2001
A new race in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex as well as first-time events in England, Germany and Mexico highlight the record 22-race FedEx Championship Series schedule for the 2001 season.
ENGLAND?S 2006 BID TO BE PROBED
England?s failed bid to host the 2006 World Cup is set to be subject to an official government-led inquiry.
COMEDIAN FAILS TO BOOST ‘MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL’ RATINGS
The introduction of ?Saturday Night Live? comedian Dennis Miller to ABC?s coverage of "Monday Night Football" has backfired.
DISNEY INTERNET GROUP BUYS UP SOCCERNET
The Walt Disney Internet Group is to buy the remaining 40 percent of Soccernet (soccernet.com) from Daily Mail and General Trust that it did not purchase in August of 1999.
VILLA REPORTS PRE-TAX LOSS
English Premier League soccer club, Aston Villa, has reported a #4.9m ($7.4m) pre-tax loss for the year to May, against #20.2m ($30m) last time.
CONTINENTAL SPORTS MANAGEMENT RECEIVES INVESTMENT OFFER
Venture capitalists, Biofarm (BIOF), have offered to exchange shares of a new BIOF subsidiary for 100% of stock in a new corporation to be formed by Continental Sports Management (CSM), the Ohio-based, privately owned athlete representation agency with offices in New York City and London.
XFL CONFIRMS TEAM FOR BIRMINGHAM TO PLAY AT LEGION FIELD.
The XFL, the new professional football league jointly owned and operated by World Wrestling Federation Entertainment and NBC, has confirmed that Birmingham, Alabama will be home to an XFL team when the league begins play in February 2001.