Events
NHL FINALS TO REACH 170 COUNTRIES
NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL
BROADBAND SPORTS DETAILS DALLASCOWBOYS.COM DEAL
Broadband Sports has been selected as the new designer, producer and manager of the official Dallas Cowboys Web site.
UK GOVERNMENT DENY JOINT WORLD CUP BID REPORT
The British government has dismissed a report that England might team up with Germany in a bid to host soccer's 2006 World Cup rather than press its own case.
GOLD BARS WILL BE ATHLETES JACKPOT
Athletics chiefs plan to hand out gold bars to the winners of their Golden League series this year although the value of the jackpot has been halved.
CHINA LAUNCHES OLYMPIC BID SLOGAN
China has launched Beijing's bid for the 2008 Summer Games under the slogan "New Beijing, Great Olympics."
AFRICA PUTS STRONG CASE FOR WORLD CUP BID
Danny Jordaan made a powerful appeal to FIFA's executive committee to end the cycle of European domination of world soccer by handing South Africa the 2006 World Cup finals.
NINE NETWORK WINS INDIAN CRICKET DEAL
Australian media group Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) has confirmed its Nine Network has been selected by Indian broadcaster Doordarshan to produce television coverage of international cricket played in India.
BBC SIGNS THREE-YEAR DEAL FOR US MASTERS
BBC Sport has won a new three-year deal for exclusive live broadcast rights to the US Masters from Augusta.
SFX SPORTS GROUP ACQUIRES SPEAKERS OF SPORT
SFX Sports Group, a unit of SFX Entertainment, has acquired Speakers of Sport, one of the leading US baseball talent representation agencies.
EURO 2000 SECURITY FUNDS GET BUDGET BOOST
The Dutch government has topped up its security spending for next year?s Euro 2000 championship it is co-hosting with Belgium, bringing the total budget to $6.75million.
NHL EXEC JOINS UNIVISION AS PRESIDENT OF SPORTS DIVISION
US Spanish-language television broadcast company, Univision Communications Inc., have announced that Stephen J. Solomon, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the National Hockey League, will join Univision as president of its sports division.
REDSKINS TO NAME BALDACCI PRESIDENT
The Washington Redskins plan to name Steve Baldacci their team president within the next several days, according to a report in the Washington Post.
QUARTERBACKS SET FOR INVESTMENT WINDFALL
Past and present National Football League quarterbacks are looking to score big with an investment in a company that produces television-style programming for the Internet.
OLYMPICS CHIEF APOLOGISES FOR TICKET FIASCO
Sydney's Olympic Games chief has apologised to Australians for a misleading public ticket ballot and promised to refund thousands of fans who had ended up with third-choice tickets.
CBS LOSE OUT ON LANDMARK NASCAR DEAL
NASCAR has reached television deals with NBC, Turner Sports and Fox television networks beginning in the 2001 season.
E*TRADE SPONSOR SUPER BOWL SHOW
E*TRADE Group, a global leader in electronic personal financial services, has signed an agreement with the NFL to sponsor the Super Bowl XXXIV Half-time Show.
BSKYB AND KIRCH AGREE DEAL
British Sky Broadcasting, 40% owned by News Corporation, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion for a 24% stake in KirchPayTV, the German pay-TV operator.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX SIGNS INTERNET PARTNER
Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox and Internet venture Ignite Sports Media have agreed a multi-year Internet media rights licensing contract.