Events

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.

CricInfo, the digital cricket information company, is to sponsor the Women's World Cup 2000, which will take place in New Zealand in November and December this year.

Media Content Plc, a sports media rights consultancy whose clients have included the World Wrestling Federation, has bought a stake in a company planning to broadcast sports over the Internet.

The International Automobile Federation has accused the European Union Commission of mismanaging its antitrust investigation and threatened to sue.

Japanese electronics giant Sony has said its PlayStation division has extended its sponsoring of high-profile UEFA Champions League soccer for the next three years.

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has sold its television rights for Serie A soccer club Lazio's Champions League matches to Canal Plus unit Telepiu.