Events

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.

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 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.

Competitors at an athletics competition have been critical of the demands placed on them by live cable television coverage.

The Uncle Toby's Super Swim series has folded after disputes between event organiser, International Quarterback, and Australian Swimming.

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 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 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.

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.

NetMed, the major shareholder in AEK Athens, says it has made a mistake investing in the Greek club and was planning to sell its stake.

Australian batsman Mark Waugh will be interviewed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption unit when its officials visit Australia next month.

Australia?s Seven Network is eyeing up the country?s National Basketball League (NBL) broadcast rights in the event of it losing the broadcast rights to Australian Football League (AFL) matches.

International sports agency Prisma will meet with UK free-to-air broadcasters ITV and the BBC next month in an effort to break the deadlock over negotiations for the UK rights to the 2002 World Cup.

Victoria has won the right to host the 6th World Cup Polo Championships 2001 at The National Equestrian Centre at Werribee Park, from 28 March to 8 April 2001.

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.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it was considering allowing Internet companies to broadcast small sports on the Web.