Events

BBC Sport has struck back following the morale-sapping loss of Premier League broadcast highlights to terrestrial rivals ITV.

Bank One has been named the official bank for one of the Women's National Basketball Association's newest franchises - the Indiana Fever.

Senior executives of UK sports video-on-demand company VNL Sports are describing a new deal with ESPN as a turning point for the company.

The European Broadcasting Union has called for clear rules on the use of virtual advertising in televised sports events.

The Boston Red Sox are examining plans to sell the naming rights to its new Fenway Park stadium.

The 2000 Cuervo Wakeboard Pro Tour, which is taking place this summer in five venues across Europe, has secured a series of five TV programmes in the Meridian, Anglia and HTV regions.

The British and Irish Lions Committee has appointed Octagon as its sponsorship, merchandising and licensing representatives for the Lions Tour to Australia in 2001.

UK-based on-line sports content company Global Cyber Sports.com (GCSC) has reached an agreement with ITV?s Granada Television to place the banner of the GCSC Ferrari clothing e-commerce site on Granada?s Formula 1 site www.itv.f1.com.

The first golf tournament in the world to offer one million dollars as a first prize will this year be played for twice that amount, the organisers have announced.

E. Stanley Kroenke, a Missouri real estate tycoon has paid Ascent Entertainment Group #450 million for the NBA Denver Nuggets, the NHL Colorado Avalanche and their arena, Denver?s Pepsi Centre.

UK independent pay-per-view broadcaster u>direct has secured exclusive UK TV rights to two `Challenge Series? of one-day cricket internationals between Australia and South Africa.

American General, a leading US financial services organisation, and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) have signed a multi-year marketing partnership, making American General a sponsor of the WNBA.

European Rugby Cup Limited (ERC) and ISL Worldwide have mutually agreed to end their relationship with regard to the European Cup and European Shield competitions.

Soccer club Manchester United is understood to be considering hiving off its multi-media division, focused around its manutd.com website, according to a report in the UK?s Guardian newspaper.

FIFA's technical inspection team has given South Africa's bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals an unequivocal thumbs-up on Tuesday after a five-day tour to check the country's readiness.

UK online betting service Bluesq.com has signed a $650,000 deal with sport-only radio station talkSPORT.