Events
EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL EXPANDS TO RUSSIA
Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, is to broadcast in Russia.
TRIATHLON UNION TO HOLD CONGRESS IN LIGHT OF BREAKAWAY THREAT
The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has announced it is to hold an extraordinary congress immediately to discuss the threatened split from the organisation by eight member nations.
LPGA TOUR ANNOUNCES EXPANDED 2001 SCHEDULE
The LPGA Tour on Thursday on announced that its 2001 schedule would include four new events and feature its largest total purse ever.
EIGHT COUNTRIES FORM BREAKAWAY EUROPEAN BODY
Eight countries - including France, Spain and Britain - are forming a breakaway European governing body for triathlon, the sport which made its Olympic debut at the Sydney Games.
NIGERIA PROMISE TO BE READY FOR 2003 ALL-AFRICA GAMES
Nigeria pledged on Thursday that the building of facilities will be completed in time to host the All-Africa Games in 2003.
PARIS WOULD STAGE BEST GAMES, SAY BID ORGANISERS
Paris will stage the best Olympics ever if it wins the right to hold them in 2008, the bid organisers said in an official statement.
RFU KICKS OFF BID TO HALT RUGBY DECLINE
The Rugby Football Union has launched the first stage of its plan to stop the decline in the adult game, as detailed in its Blackman Report.
ARGIE BARGIE FOR SOCCER TEAM
Struggling first division club Los Andes abandoned a practice when a gang of armed men, claiming to be disgruntled supporters, invaded the training ground and threatened the team, players said Wednesday.
THREAT OF SPLIT IN WORLD SNOOKER
Many of snooker?s top stars look set to join a breakaway tour which threatens to split the sport and end the domination of the game by its governing body, the WSA, following plans announced by The Sportsmasters Network (TSN).
NORDIC SKIING-CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS CALLED OFF
The men's and women's World Cup cross country skiing events scheduled for Seefeld, Austria, on December 17 were called off because of a shortage of snow, the Austrian ski federation said on Wednesday.
EX-OFFICIAL LAMBASTS ATHENS GAMES ORGANISING COMMITTEE
A former senior 2004 Athens Games official has accused the organising committee (ATHOC) of cultivating "virtual reality instead of substance and essence" and its president Gianna Angelopoulos of inertia.
SPORTSCARD IS THE REWARD FOR RUGBY?S ELITE
Premier Rugby, the marketing and commercial arm of English First Division Rugby, has signed a #1 million ($1.45m) three-year deal with Sportscard, the rewards-based credit card designed specifically for sports fans.
MEMBER FEDERATIONS COMMENT ON OLYMPIC INTERNET FUTURE
Member federations of the International Olympic Committee(IOC) have been commenting on the issues raised by the IOC World Conference on Sports and New Media in Lausanne, Switzerland.
PARIS DROPS GRAND PALAIS GYMNASTICS PLANS
Paris officials have abandoned plans to hold the gymnastics in the historic Grand Palais if they win their bid to host the 2008 Olympics.
IOC CONSIDERS WEBCASTS FOR SMALL SPORTS
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it was considering allowing Internet companies to broadcast small sports on the Web.
ADDED SPICE FOR ENGLISH RUGBY
England?s Rugby Football Union has announced the appointment of Chris Spice as its performance director.
IOC NEW MEDIA CONFERENCE: POST-EVENT PRESS CONFERENCE
The International Olympic Committee added another condition for the next round of broadcast bidders looking to deliver the Olympic Games after 2008, but the requirement to take account of the importance of the internet and new media in their bids will have many reaching for their crystal balls.
TALKSPORT COVERAGE IS ?LIVE?
UK commercial sports station TalkSPORT can continue to broadcast commentary of major sporting events off the TV as it did during Euro 2000, even if the BBC has rights to the event.