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EUROSPORT SETS UP YOZ SALES TEAM
Sports channel Eurosport 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.
SPONSORSHIP FIRM IN VENTURE CAPITAL INJECTION
Hart Ventures Plc, the venture capital arm of the estate of Sir Emmanuel Kaye, the founder of Lansing Bagnall, has acquired a 35% stake in UK-based sports sponsorship and PR agency, Craigie Taylor International.
TWINS EXPLORE TEMPORARY STADIUM IDEA
The Minnesota Twins baseball team is exploring the possibility of playing a series in a temporary stadium next season.
ACB HOSTING ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE
The Australian Cricket Board (ACB), accused in the past of not taking a leading role in stamping out corruption in the game, will host an anti-corruption conference in Melbourne this week.
PALM INC SIGN PGA TOUR SPONSORSHIP
The PGA Tour and Palm Inc. have announced a 5-year, $15 million sponsorship agreement.
ESPN STAR SPORTS RECORDS RATINGS HITS
ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Asia?s largest sports broadcaster, is celebrating a ratings hit double-header.
BASEBALL OWNERS AWAIT ECONOMIC REPORT
Baseball owners will meet in New York tomorrow to receive the much-anticipated report from their latest economic study committee.
ALL-STAR GAME HITS ALL-TIME LOW
NBC has reported the lowest TV ratings ever for this week?s baseball All-Star game.
SUPROLEAGUE DRAW TO GO ONLINE
The draw for basketball?s upcoming season of Suproleague, Saporta Cup and Euroleague Women will be broadcast live via radio and video broadcast on Fiba.com.
IOC APPOINTS SURVEY FIRM FOR SYDNEY GAMES
The International Olympic Committee has appointed Sports Marketing Surveys to conduct worldwide television monitoring and broadcast analysis research for the Sydney Olympic Games.
154 COUNTRIES TO SEE WNBA ALL-STAR GAME
The 2000 WNBA All-Star Game will reach viewers in 154 countries around the globe in 23 different languages via 37 telecasters, according to NBA sources.
GERMANY & ENGLAND CELEBRATE CART DEALS
In twin announcements in London and Berlin, officials of the CART FedEx Championship Series announced the debut of Champ Cars on ovals in Britain and Germany in September 2001.
SPORTBUSINESS.COM FEATURES ? EXAMINING THE `INTERNET GAMES?
This summer?s Olympic Games are being dubbed the `Internet Games? as the world logs on to get the lowdown on sport?s premier event.
BIDDER GETS ROUND WITH TIGER FOR $1.7m
A mystery bidder at a charity auction paid $1.7 million to play a round of golf with world number one Tiger Woods.
ATHENS OLYMPICS PREPARATIONS IN `STATE OF EMERGENCY?
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis has said that preparations for the 2004 Athens Olympics were in a "state of emergency" following International Olympic Committee (IOC) warnings in April.
LAW FIRM SIGNS COMMONWEALTH GAMES DEAL
Law firm Addleshaw Booth & Co has signed a major sponsorship deal for the Commonwealth Games to be staged in England in 2002.
US TEAM GETS LIVE WEB AUDIO COVERAGE
Website Internetsoccer.com is to broadcast live audio ? via the web ? of the US national soccer team?s first World Cup qualifying game for the 2002 Finals.
BASEBALL.TV USES NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR FIRST TIME
Baseball.TV has webcast the US? first graphically-enhanced play-by-play analysis of each All-Star Game pitcher's performance and batter's result online in real-time during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Atlanta.