Events
OSAKA HOPEFUL OF OLYMPIC BID RETHINK
Osaka is not ready to throw in the towel in the race to stage the 2008 summer Olympic Games, bid officials have said.
ECB EXTENDS TV CONTRACTS WITH CHANNEL 4 AND SKY SPORTS
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has agreed a three-year extension to its current television contracts with terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 and pay-TV channel Sky Sports.
SILVERSTONE SET FOR $60M REVAMP
British Grand Prix organisers plan a $60m (#42m) revamp of Silverstone to make it one of the world's best Formula One venues.
EXILES DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE IOC BUILDING IN BEIJING ROW
Tibetan exiles demonstrated against Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games outside the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today before the release of a key evaluation report on the Chinese capital's plans.
WTA TV FIGURES ON THE RISE
Television ratings for women's tennis are continuing an upward trend, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has said.
BROADCASTERS TO HAVE NO SAY ON LOCATION OF NEXT SUPER 12 RUGBY TEAM
The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said broadcasters would not have a say in where to base a fourth Super 12 team if a franchise gets approval this year.
CAPITAL RADIO LOSES PREMIERSHIP BATTLE WITH TALKSPORT
London?s Capital Radio has failed in its bid to gain the rights to broadcast Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham and Chelsea soccer matches on its Capital Gold station for the next three years.
OLYMPIC GOLD WINNER JOINS CRAIGIE TAYLOR
Craigie Taylor International (CTI), the public relations, sponsorship and consultancy company, has appointed Fred Scarlett, one of the members of the gold medal- winning British rowing team at the Sydney Olympics. Scarlett?s job role will include identifying and matching potential new clients and sponsors.
RACECOURSE RIGHTS RACE GETS MAY DEADLINE
Go Racing, a consortium bidding for the multimedia rights to UK horseracing, has effectively set a May 11 deadline for racecourses to accept its #400m ($573m) recommended bid. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
ARU TO REVIEW PERTH AS INTERNATIONAL VENUE
The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is reviewing Perth?s future as an international venue, placing in doubt the Tri-Nations test between Australia and South Africa scheduled for August.
HEAL DIVIDE OR FACE OLYMPIC FAILURE ? SAMARANCH WARNS
Sarajevo will not secure the Winter Olympics in 2010 if sport in Bosnia remains ethnically divided, Juan Antonio Samaranch said.
WORLD CUP SLUMP
The World Cup became the latest casualty of Japan's economic slump on Wednesday when organisers said they were slicing $22 million off the budget for the 2002 event.
WWFE AND SEKANI IN PARTNERSHIP
WWFE Inc. has selected Sekani, Inc. as its media asset management partner.
WTA ANNOUNCE NASDAQ SPONSORSHIP DEAL
The Women's Tennis Association has received an injection of cash from US high-tech stock market Nasdaq.
ESPN PRODUCER TO QUARTERBACK “MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL”
ABC Sports has gone inhouse for Don Ohlmeyer's replacement as producer of ``Monday Night Football,'' tapping Fred Gaudelli, producer of ``Sunday Night Football'' on ABC's sister network ESPN.
UTAH SEES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LINKS AT OLYMPICS
A small Utah software company is keen to find a distributor, while a biomedical firm needs a partner and both hope they can meet with international companies at next year's Winter Olympics.
KIRCH SAYS F1 TO REMAIN ON GERMAN FREE-TV
Formula One will still be broadcast live on German free television after Kirch and EM.TV increase their stake in the holding which owns the commercial rights to races, Kirch said on Wednesday.
ST ANDREWS DROPS BID TO STAGE 2009 RYDER CUP
St Andrews golf course has pulled out of the running to stage the 2009 Ryder Cup in an attempt to increase Scotland's chances of hosting the event.