Events
SEVEN STEPS IN TO FILL SPORTS VISION GAP
Australian Television group Seven Network Ltd has agreed to provide a dedicated 24 hour sports channel to Optus Communication's Optus Vision cable pay television network.
TICKET SALES SLOW FOR GOODWILL GAMES
The Goodwill Games are only half way to their ticket sales goal with the launch of the multi-sport extravaganza just four days away, but the top Games organiser is not concerned.
WHITBREAD LOSS AS FESTIVAL FLOPS
The Whitbread Beer Company stands to lose thousands of pounds in sponsorship fees paid to World Cup Fest Ltd.
BRAZIL TO BID TO STAGE 2006 WORLD CUP
Brazil has said it would bid to stage the 2006 World Cup, and immediately received the backing of the South American Football Confederation (CSF).
CHISHOLM BECOMES A SPUR
Sam Chisholm the former head of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, has become a non-executive director of London soccer club Tottenham Hotspur.
FANS SAVOUR SCENE OF WORLD CUP TRIUMPH
Over a thousand French fans visit the Stade de France each day to savour the scene of last month's World Cup triumph, a stadium official has said.
TECHNOLOGY TO BE TESTED BEFORE GAMES
The technology system for the Kuala Lumpur 98 Commonwealth Games will be fully tested for two days prior to the Games to ensure there are no hitches when the eventsstart.
NEBIOLO SAYS LONDON COULD STAGE 2003 WORLD CHAMPS
World athletics chief Primo Nebiolo has assured British Sports Minister Tony Banks that London would have a good chance of staging the 2003 world championships if proposed renovations to Wembley Stadium are completed.
SECOND TIER ENGLISH CLUBS TO TRIAL PPV
The Football League, which represents clubs outside the elite Premier league, plans to launch English soccer's first pay-per-view television trial after Christmas.
NEPAL TO HOST SOUTH ASIAN GAMES NEXT YEAR
The eighth South Asian Federation (SAF) Games, the region's biggest sports event, will be held in Kathmandu next year, organisers have said.
ROTTERDAM TO HOST EURO 2000 FINAL
The final of the European Championship in 2000 will be held in the Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam.
S.AFRICA CONFIDENT OF HOSTING 2006 WORLD CUP
The head of South Africa's 2006 World Cup bid has said they were confident of hosting the finals and shrugged off British claims to stage soccer's top event.
CABLEVISION IN DEAL FOR YANKEES
New York Yankees majority owner George Steinbrenner has agreed in principle to sell his stake in the team to media giant Cablevision Systems Corporation in a record-setting deal, New York media has reported.
NAMES UP FOR GRABS
The Victorian Government has put naming rights for two of Melbourne's premier sporting facilities on the market.
ICC POISED TO OPEN PROBE INTO MATCH-FIXING
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is poised to appoint a commission to investigate allegations of betting and match-fixing, and it has vowed to take tough action against anyone found guilty.
IOC HAS NAMES IN PAYMENTS PROBE, SAYS HODLER
Olympic officials have documents showing the names of International Olympic Committee members allegedly involved in the Salt Lake City payment scandal, top IOC official Marc Hodler has been quoted as saying.
EXPO ATTRACTS BIG NAME RIVALS
Bobby Charlton and Franz Beckenbauer, famous Wembley foes 33 years ago, go into battle for more World Cup honours this week as the race to stage the tournament in 2006 intensifies.
NAGANO MAYOR SAYS ‘EXCESS’ POSSIBLE IN OLYMPIC BID
The mayor of the Japanese city which hosted the 1998 Winter Games has said there may have been "excess" in the campaign which won it the right to stage the Olympics.