Events

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 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.

UK Athletics has unveiled a multi-million pound sponsorship package with sporting goods manufacturer Reebok.

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.

Michigan Racing commissioner Annette M. Bacola has signed orders authorizing 606 days of live horse racing for 2001.

Germany is considering bidding for the Olympic Games and will unveil details of its plans next week, the German Olympic Committee (NOK) has said.

A Houston-based energy firm is expected to pay about $300million for the naming rights to Houston?s new football stadium and Astrodome.

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 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 showed some live coverage of the Olympics at the weekend ? deciding at the last moment to broadcast the men?s basketball gold medal game.

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.

Catering and hospitality venture Twickenham Experience Ltd, has appointed its first managing director.

Almost every person on the planet with access to a television will watch the Sydney Olympics at some time in the next month.

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.

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

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 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.