Events
PARIS BIDS FOR 2008 SUMMER GAMES
The French capital announced it was bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
SWISS INVITE IOC TO PROBE THEIR WINTER GAMES BIDS
Switzerland has invited inspectors to check Swiss documents related to the country's bids to hold the winter Olympics following a scandal over allegations that votes to win the games could be bought.
CABLE LOOK TO HANG ON TO VIEWERS
TV networks in the States are continuing to count the cost of the cancellation of weeks of NBA games and are now trying to find suitable programmes to fill their depleted schedules.
HAGGMAN FIRST TO QUIT
Finnish former athlete Pirjo Haggman has became the first member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to quit over bribery scandals buffeting the organisation.
NAGANO ORGANISERS FACE LAWSUIT
A Nagano citizens' group says it has launched a lawsuit against the organisers of the 1998 Winter Olympics for misusing public money in their successful bid to host the Games.
JAPAN GOVERNMENT CUTS BID LINKS
The Japanese government decided on Thursday to cut even symbolic links with cities bidding for Olympic Games until investigations into the bribery scandal over selecting venues are completed and it has had time to study them.
SALT LAKE OLYMPICS TAKES STEPS TO REPAIR BAD IMAGE
A Boston millionaire with strong ties to Utah was named on Thursday to head the panel organising the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics as part of a sweeping restructuring aimed at putting a bribery scandal to rest.
UEBERROTH TAKES OVER KEY NBA TV ROLE
NBA Entertainment has promoted Heidi Ueberroth to the role of senior vice-president for International Television and Business Development.
SUCCESS VITAL SAYS SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP BID TEAM
South Africa`s 2006 World Cup bid committee said it was vital for the future of soccer as a sport and the World Cup as a multi-billion dollar business that the African continent stage the finals in seven years' time.
SPORTSLINE INVESTS IN EUROPE
SportsLine, the US internet sports information service, which runs web-site such as CBS SportsLine, soccernet and Golfweb, is to develop a $50milion European subsidiary in partnership with Intel, MediaOne and Reuters.
JOHNSON COULD RUN AGAIN AFTER IAAF REVIEW
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.
AFRICA FINALISES WORLD CUP BIDS
South Africa and Morocco submitted bids to the African Soccer Confederation (CAF) over the weekend to stage the 2006 World Cup, the confederation's chief executive said.
FOX SPONSOR US YOUTH SOCCER ORGANISATION
FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol have signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), making the Networks the Official Sports Television Networks of the AYSO.
COCA-COLA SUPPORTS SPECIAL OLYMPICS
The Special Olympics World Games, to be held form June 26-July 4 in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary, North Carolina, will host a diverse sponsorship programme from the event's platinum sponsors Coca-Cola.
MacDONALD JOINS PANGOLIN FROM BT
Neil MacDonald, formerly General Manager of Internet Multimedia Services at British Telecom has joined Pangolin, the leading independent provider of European sporting content on-line, as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
MOVE WORLD CUP FROM ASIA SAYS S.AMERICAN SOCCER CHIEF
South American Football Confederation president Nicolas Leoz has suggested the 2002 World Cup should be taken away from Asia, following the walkout by the Asian delegation at the FIFA Congress in Los Angeles.
SFX ACQUIRES FIGURE SKATING PRODUCTION COMPANY
SFX Entertainment has acquired Candid Productions, producers of professional figure skating events, formerly owned and operated by Dick Button.
NBC AD SALES SUCCESS DESPITE PRICE HIKE
NBC reports that its ad sales for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, are on track despite numerous obstacles.