Events
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.
TV DEMANDS ON JUMPERS A ?DISGRACE?
Competitors at an athletics competition have been critical of the demands placed on them by live cable television coverage.
AUSTRALIAN SUPER SWIM SERIES SUNK
The Uncle Toby's Super Swim series has folded after disputes between event organiser, International Quarterback, and Australian Swimming.
NRL FINED OVER SALARY CAP BREACH
The Australian National Rugby League (NRL) have fined eight clubs a total of A$395,000 ($213,300) for breaching the 2000 salary cap.
DIGITAL MEDIA SEEKS STAKE IN BOXING GROUP
Digital Sport, the website operator, is in discussions with Sports Network Group, the UK-based boxing promoters owned by Frank Warren, to take a stake in the company.
TURKISH DELIGHT AS NEW TV DEAL SIGNED
Turkish soccer authorities agreed a $465 million television deal on Wednesday to end a dispute over broadcast rights which delayed the second half of the season by a week, a spokesman for the governing body said.
NTL/BBC SPORTS CHANNEL TO GO FREE ON PAY-TV
The new sports channel that the BBC and cable broadcasters NTL plan to launch this year will be free to existing subscribers of BSkyB, ONdigital or NTL.