Events

The Australian Football League will cut coverage of the 2001 pre-season Ansett Cup by half to avoid over-exposure. The Seven Network Limited will televise only 14 out of 27 games.

ChoiceSeat, the provider of in-stadia interactive entertainment networks, has named three additions to their executive roster.

Michael Page International, the global executive recruitment company, is to become headline sponsor of this year?s Australian Football Cup at the Foster?s Oval on October 7th.

The head of South Korea's 2002 World Cup organising committee has resigned for personal reasons, a committee spokesman has confirmed.

Ticketmaster has signed a multi-year ticketing agreement with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

The manager of the England national soccer side has hit out over a deal to sell domestic TV rights of an upcoming World Cup qualifier to a pay-per-view channel.

The Finnish Football Association has sold the UK rights for the World Cup qualifier between Finland and England to the Digital Broadcasting Company - paving the way for the first pay-per-view broadcast of an England international soccer match.

The Sears, Roebuck and Co-owned Craftsmen tool brand has extended its status as the ?Official Tools of NASCAR ? until 2005.

A new race in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex as well as first-time events in England, Germany and Mexico highlight the record 22-race FedEx Championship Series schedule for the 2001 season.

Costa Rica has set itself up as the offshore gambling capital of the world with large quantities of US cash entering the country in the lead up to the start of the American football season

Sydney's Olympic authorities have threatened to close an Aboriginal Arts centre immediately outside the main stadium if it was used as a focus for protests to highlight the plight of the country's Aborigines.

Australia has said it was caught in the cross-fire of a row over foreign television access to news events rather than sporting competitions at the Sydney Olympic Games but would work towards a settlement. For the full story see the FEATURES section of SportBusiness.com.

PrimeShot.com, the professional event photography service, is to partner the Baltimore Ravens to capture film of fans enjoying memorable moments at Ravens training camp, special events and all PSINet Stadium Ravens games.

Australian companies aim to learn from the mistakes made by sponsors dealing with the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG), in anticipation of another major international sporting event hosted by an Australian city next year.

The International Olympic Committee has dismissed complaints about restrictions on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics as "a storm in a tea cup".

FIFA will urge South Korea and Japan to co-host the 2001 Confederations' Cup as a test run for the 2002 World Cup.