Events
EXTREME SIGNS BIKE DEAL WITH EUROSPORT
The Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal with Eurosport for the broadcast of the Tissot / UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2000.
VICTORIA BATTLES WA FOR RALLY AUSTRALIA
The Australian states of Victoria and Western Australia are battling it out to host Rally Australia, which has been held in Western Australia for the last 12 years.
SPURS SIGN MAJOR ARENA NAMING RIGHTS DEAL
The new home of the NBA?s San Antonio Spurs has been secured in a $41m, 20-year deal.
EXTREME ACQUIRES NEW PRODUCT IN DEAL WITH ISP
The Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal for the ISF World Junior Snowboarding Championships and Freestyle Frenzy with ISP, the Utah based distribution company.
MOSCOW LAUNCHES 2012 OLYMPIC BID
Russians have commemorated the 20th anniversary of the opening of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, seen in the country as an unqualified success despite a debilitating boycott by Western countries.
ASIAN GAMES COMMITTEE VISITS HONG KONG
The four-member Olympic Council of Asia's Evaluation Committee has arrived in Hong Kong's to scrutinise Hong Kong?s bid to host the 2006 Asian Games
VODAFONE SIGNS NAMING RIGHTS DEAL
Communications giant Vodafone has paid A$65m for the naming rights to a new sports stadium in Australia.
US OFFICIALS LIFTS BAN ON BODYSUITS
USA Swimming's Board of Directors have voted 15-6 to lift a ban on full bodysuits for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming.
LAMBEAU FIELD REFERENDUM ON TRACK
Green Bay councillors have proposed an agreement on how to market naming rights for the NFL?s Green Bay Packer?s Lambeau Field.
EUROSPORT SETS UP SALES TEAM FOR YOZ BRAND
Eurosport, the European sports channel, is setting up a separate sales team to handle advertising and sponsorship sales of events and youth programming, under the YOZ (Youth Only Zone) banner.
ITALY’S SEAT BUYS MAJORITY STAKE IN TICKETONE.
Italian publisher and internet portal operator Seat Pagine Gialle has bought 50.1 percent of ticket agency TicketOne, a company that sells tickets for sports and cultural events by phone, internet and 350 retail outlets.
SYDNEY?S OLYMPIC SECRET REVEALED
Workmen at Sydney's Olympic stadium were forced into an embarrassing cover-up on Wednesday after accidentally revealing the Olympic cauldron to media.
ORIOLES CONSIDER BALLPARK PLANS
Major League Baseball?s Baltimore Orioles are set to sell the naming rights to their Oriole Park ballpark.
FILA RENEWS TENNIS SPONSORSHIP
Fila USA has renewed its agreement with the USTA as official footwear and tennis apparel sponsor of the 2000 U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
ESPN EXPAND ASIAN X GAMES
The third Asian X Games Qualifier (AXQ) will take place this year in Phuket, Thailand from 7-10 December.
LPGA SIGNS NEW SPONSORSHIP DEALS
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has renewed 10 sponsorship deals and signed up two new sponsors to confirm its position as one of the most successful women?s sports organisations.
EXCLUSIVE RADIO DEAL SIGNED FOR HOLYFIELD BOUT
Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports will present the exclusive radio broadcast of Showtime championship boxing?s doubleheader featuring Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz.
TOYOTA SIGNS X GAMES DEAL
Toyota is to continue its sponsorship of ESPN's Asia X Games Qualifier - following on from the inaugural event last year.