Events

IEC in Sports has signed a three year deal with the International Table Tennis Federation.

The European Commission has backed a UK government pledge forcing broadcasters to screen the UK?s major sports events on free-to-air television.

American Environmental Corporation (AEVC) has completed a contract with the Jockey Club de Pernambuco RS in Brazil for the exclusive operation of simulcast transmission of international sports/racing events.

A delegation of the Kuala Lumpur 2006 Asian Games bidding committee has arrived in Iran for a three-day campaigning visit.

Nickelodeon GAS (Games and Sports for Kids) is presenting a new NFL show aimed at children.

Irish public television broadcaster RTE has seen off a rival bid from satellite giant BSkyB to clinch the television rights to the Six Nations rugby tournament.

The naming rights to Sydney?s Olympic stadium have been sold to the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ).

Australian sports fans have responded to Australian success in the swimming pool and on the tennis court, raising the two Olympic sports to the top of the popularity charts.

Sydney Games organisers and Olympic officials have clashed over whether events should be delayed if transport problems stopped spectators reaching their seats on time.

The organisers of the Sydney Summer Games have already set one record, the largest media centre in Olympic history.

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.

Rumours continued to swirl that Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays were about to be sold to media powerhouse Rogers Communications Inc. , but both the potential suitor and the team's current owner refused to comment on whether the two sides are in the final innings of a blockbuster deal.

The official 2000 US Open web site, www.usopen.org, has gone live allowing tennis fans from around the world to experience the action wherever they are, at any time.

Be Here Corporation, the provider of 360-degree Internet video technology, will give Internet viewers a close up look of the Summer X-Games taking place in San Francisco.

eMarketWorld.com, a producer of industry-specific eBusiness marketplaces, and the Atlanta Sports Council have launched a new sports internet conference and exhibition scheduled for November 28-30, 2000.

Macon City Council in Georgia has passed a resolution on a lease agreement between a company that plans to bring an arenafootball2 franchise to Macon's Coliseum.