Events

TV Azteca, Mexico?s second largest broadcaster, has signed a deal with satellite TV platform Sky Mexico to allow the latter to broadcast 22 soccer matches from the country?s top division, to which TV Azteca owns the rights, over the next year.

New York's international network, many hotels and plans to build new sports arenas amounted to a strong bid to stage the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, a United States Olympic Committee (USOC) panel said.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is looking to broadcast all of its tournaments over the internet.

In the wake of the recent test case ruling involving the Independent Television Commission (ITC), 2002 World Cup TV rights holders the Kirch Gruppe could decide not to part with the rights, meaning UK viewers would be unable to watch the tournament to be held in Japan and South Korea.

Cash-strapped German media giant EMTV has announced that its chief executive Thomas Haffa is to resign from the company he created in 1989.

The war on drugs in sport can never be fully won, according to newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge.

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has taken another step towards bidding to host the 2008 European soccer championships with the publication on Wednesday of a feasibility study.

The organising committee for the Athens 2004 Olympics has defended charges of mismanagement from environmental organisations which are trying to implement a court order against construction on the proposed site for the Olympic rowing.

Sportswear manufacturer adidas will be the official footwear and apparel sponsor for the European X Games Qualifier, the European debut of ESPN's X Games franchise.

India is racing against time to complete the preparations for the first Afro-Asian games in November, which has been hit by delays in getting facilities ready, poor financial returns and low-key competitions.

The European Broadcasters Union (EBU) has selected PanAmSat to provide full-time video contribution services to support live coverage of prominent sporting and special events from the Americas.

UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has continued its move towards mainstream sports by signing a TV and internet video rights deal for the Le Mans 24-hour motor race.

Liverpool soccer club is to launch the first club-owned broadcasting service over a broadband internet network tomorrow, as part of its alliance with media group Granada.

Television producer and five-times Emmy Award winner Charlie Stark is to become the executive producer of the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) where he will focus on developing the broadcast profiles of drivers in the FedEx Championship Series.

German media company Kirch has taken full and sole control of HBS, the host broadcasting company for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

UK commercial television company ITV is still interested in securing television rights for the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup despite claims that the broadcaster has pulled out of the bidding according to the International Rugby Board.