Events

The Women?s United Soccer Association (WUSA), which has just completed its league?s inaugural season, is to move its headquarters to Atlanta to further utilise the corporate infrastructure of one of its investors, Cox Enterprises.

Against the backdrop of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, a group of television executives unveiled plans for the new Tennis Channel, a cable TV start-up aiming for success in the emerging digital cable universe.

US Spanish-language network Univision Communications has promoted from within with the appointment of Ray Rodriguez to the new role of president and CEO of the media company.

Millions of soccer crazy Vietnamese missed the start of the English Premier League season at the weekend after Vietnam Television (VTV) failed to reach an agreement with the company holding distribution rights for Asia.

NBA team the Seattle Sonics is to unveil a new team logo and strip next week in a bid to reflect the change in management and whip up support in the team ? and has just signed a new exclusive TV deal.

Germany's state broadcaster ARD and media group Kirch have ended their row over German soccer broadcasting rights by reaching a joint agreement.

The sport employment market continues to show strong growth in Australia, with the number of general positions vacant reaching a five-year high in 2000/2001, up a massive 31 percent from the previous year, a new report shows.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the PGA Tour's procedures for determining playing positions in Senior PGA Tour events, setting aside claims from golfer Harry Toscano.

ESPN has sold out of its sponsorship packages for the seventh annual X Games to be held in mid-August in Philadelphia.
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NTL, the UK?s largest cable company which will broadcast Premiership pay-per-view soccer next season, is to axe 5,000 jobs over the next two years in a bid to meet its ambitious growth forecasts.
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As part of the $5.3billion (?6.06bn) sale of its Family Worldwide subsidiary to the Walt Disney Company, US broadcaster Fox has parted company with elements of its coverage of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Inter Milan's Uruguayan striker Alvaro Recoba has branded as unfair the upholding of a one-year ban for his part in a false passport scandal.

Nike?s chief executive Phil Knight has praised the US Supreme Court?s ruling earlier this week that the PGA Tour cannot ban disabled golfer Casey Martin from using a cart for tour events.

Chilean league soccer club O?Higgins has sacked its whole team for refusing to turn out for a match against Universidad de Chile.

Eurosport and Premium TV, the sports rights and content subsidiary of NTL, have rebutted an article published in the business section of UK newspaper The Sunday Telegraph (20 May 2001) claiming that NTL is trying to sell its stake in British Eurosport.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's governing body, is to focus on the use of technology for decision making at this week's Playing Committee (CC-P) meeting, taking place from May 23-25.