Events
ASIA CHIEFS URGE RE-THINK ON INDIA TOUR OF PAKISTAN
Cricket chiefs of three Asian nations have sought a meeting with the Indian government to request reversing its decision to cancel a tour of Pakistan.
CBS AND MITSUBISHI IN HIGH-DEFINITION SPONSORSHIP DEAL
CBS Television and Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. (MDEA) have entered into an agreement in which MDEA will sponsor high definition television coverage of the 2000 Thanksgiving Day football game between the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions.
REEBOK RENEWS WITH UK ATHLETICS
UK Athletics has unveiled a multi-million pound sponsorship package with sporting goods manufacturer Reebok.
TUA FANS TO GET BEHIND-THE-SCENES WEBCASTS
TV network and streaming video service provider TVWorldwide.com has been selected by 100percentSports.com to produce several live webcasts with heavyweight boxing challenger David Tua.
HORSE RACING GETS GO-AHEAD
Michigan Racing commissioner Annette M. Bacola has signed orders authorizing 606 days of live horse racing for 2001.
AFTER THE WORLD CUP, NOW GERMANY SETS SIGHTS ON OLYMPICS
Germany is considering bidding for the Olympic Games and will unveil details of its plans next week, the German Olympic Committee (NOK) has said.
HOUSTON STADIUM CLOSES ON RECORD NAMING RIGHTS DEAL
A Houston-based energy firm is expected to pay about $300million for the naming rights to Houston?s new football stadium and Astrodome.
SCHUMACHER ALREADY THE EARNINGS CHAMPION SAYS FORBES
Forbes.com has estimated that Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was already the leading earner in sport ? even before his victory in the Japanese Grand Prix last Sunday.
RHINO LAUNCHES WEB SITE FOR ARIZONA SPORTS FANS
Rhino Internet Solutions and Maricopa County Sports Commission (MCSC) have teamed up to launch a web site designed for all fans of Arizona's sports teams and events.
NBC FINALLY SHOWS OLYMPIC COVERAGE LIVE
NBC finally showed some live coverage of the Olympics at the weekend ? deciding at the last moment to broadcast the men?s basketball gold medal game.
HBS EXEC TO SPEAK AT SPORTEL
Francis Tellier, CEO of Host Broadcasting Services (HBS), the company with exclusive responsibility for the host broadcast of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, will be addressing attendees on World Cup preparations at Sportel in November.
UK VENUE FIRM NAMES NEW MD
Catering and hospitality venture Twickenham Experience Ltd, has appointed its first managing director.
SYDNEY GAMES TO BE WATCHED BY 3.7 BILLION PEOPLE
Almost every person on the planet with access to a television will watch the Sydney Olympics at some time in the next month.
WTA SEASON-ENDING CHAMPIONSHIP MOVING TO GERMANY
The season-ending championships of the WTA Tour, a fixture in New York for 29 years, will be moved to Munich, Germany, beginning next year.
ECCLESTONE AND MOSLEY SET TO DISCUSS GRAND PRIX FUTURE
The future of Formula One's Grand Prix weekends will be discussed at a meeting of team chiefs and the sport's leading powerbrokers today.
INMOTION GETS INTERACTIVE FOR X-GAMES
InMotion Technologies has created an interactive web page for the X-Games 2000.
SOUTH KOREA AIMS FOR WORLD CUP TOURISM
FIFA World Cup 2006 co-hosts South Korea is seeking to revise its tourism policy after a report suggested that the country?s hosting of major sport events in the past had not led to greater popularity as a tourist venue.
ORAD LAUNCHES NEW SPORTS WEBCASTING SUBSIDIARY
Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. has established OradNet Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orad, dedicated to the development, marketing and commercialisation of immersive sports webcasting technologies.