Events
WINTER GAMES TICKETS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
Organisers of the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City are planning to sell 100 tickets for about five times their face value on the auction house web site eBay.
EXILES DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE IOC BUILDING IN BEIJING ROW
Tibetan exiles demonstrated against Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games outside the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today before the release of a key evaluation report on the Chinese capital's plans.
MOROCCO TO BID FOR 2010 WORLD CUP
Morocco will bid to host the 2010 World Cup soccer finals to be held for the first time in Africa, a Royal Palace spokesman has confirmed.
ATHENS SIGNS OLYMPIC BROADCAST SPONSORSHIP DEAL
Athens 2004 Olympic Games organisers (ATHOC) said on Monday Greek state broadcaster ERT had signed a sponsorship deal for the Games worth 5.7bn drachmas ($14.6m).
GO RACING SNAPS UP REMAINING UK COURSES
The battle to gain media coverage of horseracing events in the UK moved closer to being resolved today after the Go Racing consortium, which is made up of BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, signed up the remaining racecourses it needed to finalise its horseracing media rights deal.
ENGLISH CRICKET BOARD SET FOR ROW OVER SALE OF INTERNET AND WIRELESS RIGHTS
A row between the England Cricket Board (ECB) and the First Class Forum (FCF), one of its constituent bodies, over the sale of online and wireless rights for up to #100 million ($142m) for the next 10 years is expected to resurface at Lord?s cricket ground this afternoon.
MALAYSIA: SOCCER-MALAYSIAN ‘SUPERMAN’ GROUNDED BY COMPLAINING SPONSOR.
Goal celebration antics cost Malaysia's self-styled soccer 'Superman' 2,000 ringgit ($526) after a sponsor complained his display hid its company logo during a TV broadcast, local newspapers reported on Friday.
GG-MEDIA PICKS UP 10 UK RACECOURSES
GG-Media, the consortium bidding for media rights to UK horseracing, has agreed terms with ten courses for payments worth #25 million ($US35.5m) over five years.
CURZONPACIFIC TO ORGANISE SOUTH ASIAN GAMES
CurzonPacific, the Australian events managment company, will be directing and producing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 9th South Asian Federation Games in Islamabad, Pakistan in October.
ECCLESTONE EYES RUSSIA
Moscow may be on the Formula One Grand Prix map as soon as 2003, if the International Automobile Federation (FIA) gets its way.
GOAL CELEBRATION GOES UP IN SMOKE OVER SPONSOR ROW
Goal celebration antics cost Malaysia's self-styled soccer 'Superman' 2,000 ringgit ($526) after a sponsor complained his display hid its company logo during a TV broadcast.
XFL DEAD AFTER WWFE PULLS THE PLUG
The XFL dream has died after World Wrestling Federation Entertainment said it was pulling the plug on the competition ? just four months after the first game was broadcast.
CHANNEL 4 IN LE MANS TV AND INTERNET DEAL
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.
BROADCASTERS TO BATTLE IT OUT FOR SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER RIGHTS
Pay-TV and terrestrial broadcasters will soon be battling it out to win the rights show live matches and highlights of Scottish soccer Premier League matches after current contracts run out at the end of next season.
INDIA CONFIDENT OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DELAY
India are confident that the ATP will put back the world doubles championship by two weeks to avoid a clash with the Afro-Asian Games, the secretary of the All India Tennis Association has said.
KIRCH SELLS BROADCASTING RIGHTS TO TWO GERMAN STATE-OWNED CHANNELS
Kirch, Germany?s second-biggest media company, has agreed to sell some broadcast rights for the 2002 and 2006 soccer World Cups to Germany?s two state-owned channels ARD and ZDF for a reported $115 million.
ARU REJECT LIONS SHARE CLAIMS
The head of the Australian Rugby Union has rejected claims by his English counterpart that the British Lions were not getting a big enough slice of revenue from their upcoming tour of Australia.
WTA TV FIGURES ON THE RISE
Television ratings for women's tennis are continuing an upward trend, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has said.