Events

The English Premier League will consider plans this week to launch its own pay-television network instead of selling soccer rights to a third party broadcaster, the UK?s Guardian newspaper has reported.

A threatened strike by Belgian police is unlikely to have a major effect on security at next month's Euro 2000 tournament, a police union said on Friday.

Tampa Bay Lightning and Sunshine Network have signed a six-year extension of their current television rights agreement, which now continues through the 2007-2008 NHL season.

The European Broadcasting Union has called for clear rules on the use of virtual advertising in televised sports events.

A bidding war for the broadcast rights to Major League Baseball is set to flare into life as existing deals fizzle out at the end of the current season.

CBS aims to restore its reputation for championship boxing coverage by broadcasting four Showtime Championship Boxing events, including Mike Tyson's scheduled match against Lou Savarese, on a delayed basis.

The reconstruction of Wembley Stadium, the centrepiece of England's 2006 World Cup bid, has been given the green light, according to UK media reports.

The New York Yankees, the club with the highest pay-roll in US baseball, is seeking to double the value of its local cable television broadcast rights, reports Financial Times sources.

Eagerly awaited by NASCAR fans, Dodge Motorsports' Winston Cup apparel went on sale this week, a reminder Dodge is returning next year to the U.S. racing series made popular by drivers Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon.

The XFL, a new professional football league jointly owned and run by World Wrestling Federation Entertainment and NBC, has named veteran sports public relations specialist Steve Griffith as the league's Vice President of Corporate Communications.

Total Sports, an online sports media company, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) will have provided online coverage of nearly 100 events when this year?s spring season championships come to a close.

The NFL has chosen the city of Atlanta, host for the 2000 Super Bowl, as one of four finalists to host Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. The other finalists are Jacksonville, Oakland and Miami.

Greece's government plans to pass a new law next month aimed at speeding up preparations for the 2004 Olympic Games.

The WNBA has announced an increase in its number of its international television deals in the week leading up to the start of its new season.

Dutch telecommunications company, KPN Telecom, has made a bid for the rights to the Dutch First Division (Eredivisie), reports The Soccer Investor Weekly Bulletin.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) are to investigate copies of tapes allegedly implicating former Pakistan captain Salim Malik in match-fixing.