Events

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, long stymied in the German media market, now has the chance to become a major player thanks to a bold back door deal, predict analysts.

Inspired by the ground breaking success of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in

ESPN will utilise new bat and pitch speed technology during its Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts this season.

The New South Wales Council of Social Service (NCOSS)has complained that lower income earners will be excluded form the Sydney Olympics.

Fox have sued Turner Broadcasting for setting up a competing cable network to Fox Sports Net South - a move which allegedly violates a non-compete agreement the two media companies signed three years ago.

British commercial network ITV found itself barred from broadcasting live coverage of qualifying for the French Grand Prix after a contract row.

International Speedway Corporation (ISC) has reported record results for the second quarter and six months ended May 31, 1999.

An Olympic Games corruption-buster will be recruited to supervise Olympic delegates and bid cities in the wake of this year's vote-buying scandal, according to Australian newspaper reports.

Denver billionaire Donald Sturm has emerged as the winning bidder for Ascent Entertainment Group's Denver Nuggets professional basketball team and the Colorado Avalanche pro hockey team, after a competitor bowed out.

The British Showing Jumping Association has appointed Michael Bullman its new chairman of international affairs.

England's 1966 soccer World Cup final hero Geoff Hurst is to be the key speaker at an international conference to be held in the UK next month.

The Nationwide Building Society has added to its UK soccer sponsorship portfolio by signing a three-year #500,000 sponsorship deal with the FA of Wales (FAW).

Badminton's prestigious World Grand Prix finals are to be scrapped in their present format.

Goodwill Games organisers are banking on last-minute door sales to clear about 129,000 remaining tickets, including 69,000 for next week's athletics sessions.

Brazilian soccer's latest scandal has taken a new twist after a private meeting of the country's leading directors was secretly recorded and then broadcast by a radio station.

The Indian government has denied the country's national cricket team permission to play a test match in Pakistan next month, according to local television reports.