Events

Response Handling Ltd has been awarded the contract to manage advance ticket sales for the Standard Life Loch Lomond golf tournament.

The mascots for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games have been unveiled.

Okidata, the Digital LED technology company, has begun its sponsorship of six PGA, SPGA and LPGA tour events including the Bell Atlantic and Cadillac NFL Golf Classics.

The German government's media commission, the Landesmedienanstalten has decided to regulate on virtual advertising.

Melbourne has tabled a bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games in anticipation of the International Olympic Committee moving to a system of rotating regions when awarding future Games.

Seeking to stabilise opinion on the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee's co-ordination commission, Swiss lawyer Marc Hodler, whose allegations of bribery against his colleagues triggered the biggest Olympic scandal in history, has said the hiring of IMG to recruit more 2002 Winter Games sponsors will help the Salt Lake City games to recover.

The Sports Authority have announced that Jeffrey I. Handler has been appointed senior vice president, marketing & advertising.

The LEA Events and Marketing Group has been appointed to develop and implement a PR and marketing strategy for the London Broncos Rugby League Club.

Pepsi-Cola International has launched the first TV commercial featuring English soccer giants Manchester United in Thailand - where there is a fanatical following for the Premiership winning team.

The world's largest professional surfing competitions are set to anchor the $400,000 Panasonic ShockWave Beach Games from July 19 to August 1 in Huntington Beach.

World soccer's governing body FIFA is open to the possibility of North Korea staging matches in the 2002 World Cup finals, which will be jointly hosted by Japan and South Korea, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said.

ABC Sports have signed a five year extension to their broadcast deal with Indy 500.

Ben Johnson, the disgraced Canadian sprinter who received a life-time ban from the IAAF in 1993 for registering excessive testosterone levels, may be allowed to race again.

After all the hype, tickets for next year's Olympic Games in Sydney go on sale this week.

Titan Sports (The WWF), has signed a merchandising sponsorship agreement with Zali Racing for 1999 and 2000 Indy Racing League and NASCAR Races.

ESPN will utilise new bat and pitch speed technology during its Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts this season.