Events
WIGE AND RTL TEAM UP FOR ONLINE SKI DEAL
WIGE and RTL New Media are to team up to produce an online service package for the forthcoming four-hill ski-jumping tournament and ski-jumping World Cup.
AUS GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR FREE TV GUARANTEES.
The Australian government has warned football leagues and media outlets that it won't tolerate a reduction in the amount of football shown on free-to-air television.
MLS FIRES HOME LEGAL WIN
Major League Soccer claimed a legal victory on Monday when a jury unanimously decided that the six-year-old league was not an illegal monopoly and had not limited players' salaries.
PROSIEBEN SAT1 TARGETS FORMULA ONE
The German media giant Kirch group's newly merged ProSieben Sat1 Media AG is looking to win the broadcasting rights to Formula One motor racing post 2003.
ENERGIZER SECURES ANOTHER SPORT SPONSORSHIP
Battery manufacturer Energizer has signed a deal to become the title sponsor of the inaugural European CrossCup.
FIFA RULES OUT SHIRT ADVERTS BEFORE 2002
Soccer's world governing body FIFA said on Sunday it was open to the idea of sponsors names on national team shirts but insisted they would not be allowed at the 2002 World Cup. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the association's executive had discussed the idea at an end-of-year meeting in Rome but wanted to examine it further before making a decision.
SPORTAL CEO APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF ONLINE WATCHDOG
The British Internet Publishers Alliance (BIPA) has named Rob Hersov, CEO and founder of Sportal, as the organisations? new Chairman.
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.