Events

A spokesman for BSkyB has denied reports it has made any bid for exclusive UK television rights to the soccer World Cup in 2002.

CART.com, the official web-site for the CART FedEx Championship Series has been given a new design and format by Quokka Sports Inc, in conjunction with CART.

NFL International managing director Doug Quinn is the latest high-profile sports sector executive to confirm his participation at Sport Business 2000, the prestige conference organised by Sport Business International and Dow Jones.

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team has signed an agreement with Yahoo! Inc., designating Yahoo! Sports as the team's exclusive Internet Services sponsor.

Japan Sports Channel, Inc. (JSC) the loss-making digital sports channel, will be dissolved by its owners, Itochu Corp.

Univision, the leading Spanish-language television broadcast company in the United States, is to broadcast the "Copa Oro 2000" (Gold Cup) tournament, beginning on Sunday, February 13.

FIA president Max Mosley has threatened to reduce the number of Grand Prix events in Europe in the wake of the EU?s investigation into the FIA's control of television rights in the sport.

The first test of enhanced security measures for next year's European soccer championships caused long traffic tailbacks at the weekend and led to complaints from local residents.

Women's health and leisure channel TM3 has said it has scored a television first after millions of hardcore German soccer fans tuned in to watch the European Champions League.

Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics has awarded the Pepsi-Cola Group, the exclusive carbonated soft drink pouring rights and sponsorship at Network Associates Coliseum (`The Net?) making Pepsi its `Official Soft Drink?.

Formula One has announced a new $48million `entry fee' for new teams.

Octagon, the Interpublic-owned sports marketing and entertainment group, is expanding into South East Asia through a partnership with Singapore-based sports marketing firm RTA.

A total of $647,600 in prize money will be awarded at the inaugural Winter Goodwill Games in Lake Placid, New York, from February 17-20, organisers have announced.

The two clubs who reach the European Cup Final next May will each receive up to 25,000 tickets for the match at the Stade de France in Paris, UEFA has announced.

The European Commission?s sports commissioner, Viviane Reding, has indicated that soccer leagues in Europe may be allowed to continue negotiating their broadcast rights on a collective basis.

Italian champions AC Milan will launch their own television channel in January, the club has announced.