Events

FoxSports.com will stream live video and audio of the University of Nebraska's college football game against San Jose State University - the first Division I college football game broadcast online by a major sports site.

Huge time-zone differences and an explosion in computer use will make Sydney's Olympics the biggest event yet on the Internet with officials predicting a staggering 6.5 billion hits for the official Games site alone.

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) has launched a new marketing and communications structure intended to channel open-wheel racing more efficiently to its key markets.

Hyundai Motor America has made its first foray into professional golf sponsorship by signing as title sponsors of Hyundai Team Matches, formerly known as the Diners Club Matches.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has staunchly defended politicians accepting free tickets and corporate hospitality at next month's Sydney Olympics.

The race to host the Olympic Games in 2008 has now begun in earnest following the announcement of the shortlist by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Pennsylvania's ski and year-round resort, Seven Springs Mountain Resort, is to host the first edition of the Ford 24-hour Champion Challenge mountain bike competition.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that Greece must run a marathon at sprinting speed to make up for delays in organising the 2004 Games in Athens.

NBC will offer more Olympic programming than ever before with the help of its cable-TV outlets CNBC and MSNBC.

The New England Patriots have sold the naming rights to their new stadium to internet conglomorate CMGI in exchange for at least $114 million over 15 years. The stadium will be called CMGI Field.

North and South Korea may march together under the Olympic flag at the Sydney Olympics, and that could lead to powerful joint teams in international sporting arenas.

Octagon Marketing ? a division of sports marketing giant Octagon ? is opening an office in Seoul, Korea.

A new 24-hour free-to-view Internet television channel will launch later this year.

This year?s WNBA Championship featuring a best-of-three game series between New York Liberty and the Houston Comets, will be broadcast to 154 countries and in 22 different languages.

InMotion Technologies has created an interactive web page for the X-Games 2000.

Five bids have been submitted in the tender for the appointment of a technical consultant for the construction of the Olympic Village, the Athens 2004 Organising Committee have said.

Sports marketing giant Octagon, has taken a substantial equity position in Consultants In Sport (CIS), a leading sports marketing company in Belgium and Holland.

Celtic?s UEFA Cup match against AS La Jeunesse D?Esch from Luxembourg will be webcast live on Celtic?s official site, www.celticfc.co.uk.