Events

The manager of the England national soccer side has hit out over a deal to sell domestic TV rights of an upcoming World Cup qualifier to a pay-per-view channel.

The Saitama prefectural government has decided to repeat invitations for tenders to build the main stadium for the 2004 national athletic meet in Kumagaya, following alleged collusion in the initial bidding process.

BBC/Telewest commercial joint-venture UKTV is considering plans to launch a commercial sports channel to compete with the dedicated sports channels on BskyB and its digital platform SKYdigital..

Holiday firm and co-sponsor of the West Indies cricket tour of the UK, Sandals, in conjunction with Channel 4 Television, are bringing a taste of Caribbean holiday spirit to the UK this summer.

Formula1.com - the most popular web site covering the FIA Formula1 World Championship ? has formed a partnership with Betzone.com to provide a variety of betting propositions to Formula1 fans.

Fila USA has renewed its agreement with the USTA as official footwear and tennis apparel sponsor of the 2000 U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

In twin announcements in London and Berlin, officials of the CART FedEx Championship Series announced the debut of Champ Cars on ovals in Britain and Germany in September 2001.

Japanese broadcast companies, including pay-TV companies, are ready to pay the highest amount ever committed to a Japanese televised sports event for the right to broadcast the World Cup 2002.

Canal Plus Polska ? the Polish satellite channel of French pay-television giant Canal Plus ? has signed a new rights deal for domestic soccer.

A representative of Taiwan?s Olympic Committee is to meet mainland China?s sports officials to discuss the feasibility of Taipei co-sponsoring the 2008 Olympics with Beijing.

Gary Newman, the newly elected president and CEO of Choice Sports Network, has rescinded the company?s agreement to acquire www.cricmania.com and has accepted the resignation of Atul Mehta as president and director of the company.

Video-on-demand (VOD) specialist Yes is to launch a new dedicated sports channel in the UK.

The owners of Silverstone motor racing circuit, current home of the British Formula One Grand Prix, have formed of a new company to promote and run events.

British fans are set to bet more than #100 million pounds ($149m) on Euro 2000, making it the world's biggest single sports betting event, bookmakers Ladbrokes said on Friday.

A bidding war for the broadcast rights to Major League Baseball is set to flare into life as existing deals fizzle out at the end of the current season.

Sports website operator Rivals.com and the One-on-One Sports radio network have signed a marketing deal calling for the two to exchange content and advertising inventory.