Events

International sports agency Prisma will meet with UK free-to-air broadcasters ITV and the BBC next month in an effort to break the deadlock over negotiations for the UK rights to the 2002 World Cup.

Insurance group, The St. Paul Companies will sponsor the PGA Tour?s 2001 West Coast Swing events.

Pay-per-view television company U>direct, which earlier this year covered England?s World Cup qualifying match away against Finland, is understood to be bidding for the re-structured pay-per-view rights to England?s Premier League.

A new website that matches potential sponsors with rights holders has recorded more than 15,000 hits in its first two weeks of trading.

The US has announced it is to bid to stage FIFA?s Club World Championships in 2003.

Greece will build four press villages to accommodate journalists covering the Athens 2004 Olympics, organisers said on Tuesday.

Two online golf companies are coming together in a strategic e-commerce alliance.

KPMG Consulting, provider of Internet integration services, have announced that golfer Phil Mickelson has reached a multi-year agreement with the company to wear the KPMG Consulting brand on the front of his headwear during tournament play and other promotions.

Digital satellite television service provider DirecTV Inc. said on Tuesday it bought the Latin American broadcast rights to the World Cup soccer competition in 2002 and 2006 in a deal valued at $400 million.

The Australian Football League (AFL) has confirmed that the proposal by a consortium consisting of News Limited, Channels 9 and 10 and Foxtel for the broadcast rights for AFL football from 2002 had been accepted.

Eurosport.com has launched six new country-specific sports sites, including eurosport.co.uk in the UK.

UK photo agency Action Images has reported a 47 per cent increase in sports assignments for 2000.

A proposed ban on cigarette advertisements in Hungary has shocked tobacco producers and could jeopardise Formula One races in the country.

Japan has no plans to launch a new investigation into allegations the central Japanese city of Nagano bribed International Olympic Committee (IOC) executives to host the 1998 Winter Games.

Fifteen major international events will be staged in Western Australia in 2001.

The Florida Marlins and local politicians have finalised a plan to fund and build a $385-million, retractable-roof ballpark to keep the Major League baseball team in south Florida, officials said Sunday.