Events
GO RACING SNAPS UP REMAINING UK COURSES
The battle to gain media coverage of horseracing events in the UK moved closer to being resolved today after the Go Racing consortium, which is made up of BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, signed up the remaining racecourses it needed to finalise its horseracing media rights deal.
BSKYB GAINS INTERACTIVE ADVANTAGE
The UK government has accepted terms offered by British Sky Broadcasting Plc (BSkyB), which will allow the British satellite TV group to take over the Open interactive TV platform it operates.
ESPN STAR SPORTS EXPANDS ITS ASIAN FEED
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) will develop its broadcast feeds in Asia with the addition of the Philippines.
BRITISH HORSE TRIALS ASSOCIATION LOSING $144,000 A MONTH
The British Horse Trials Association, the promoters and organisers of show jumping, dressage and cross-country events, is losing about #100,000 ($144,000) a month because of the foot and mouth crisis.
EUROPEAN COMPANIES TO BE GOODWILL GAMES TIMERS
European high tech firms WIGE MIC and Swiss Timing will be the official timers at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia.
GOLFER SIGNS NETWORK SPONSORSHIP DEAL
F2 Broadcast Network has signed an endorsement deal with PGA Tour member Brian Gay.
SUPERMARKET CHIEF JOINS SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS
Speedway Motorsports has elected North Carolina businessman Tom E. Smith to the company's Board of Directors.
VTV SPEEDS TO MOTOGP CONTRACT
VTV has been awarded the contract to produce the UK?s Channel 5?s live coverage of the MotoGP World Motorcycle Racing Championships for 2001.
THE QUINTUS GROUP ACQUIRES BAILEY CARR LTD
The London-based Quintus Group has concluded the acquisition of Bailey Carr Ltd, adding to the company?s recent acquisition of RHB Ventures USA .
RIVAL CIRCUIT WOULD HURT F1, GROUP SAYS
Car manufacturers would damage the world of motor racing if they created a rival circuit to Formula One, German media group Kirch said on Tuesday.
WORLD CUP TICKET APPLICATIONS TOP 1 MILLION IN KOREA
South Korean soccer fans have applied for more than one million tickets for the 2002 World Cup finals, four times the number of seats offered in the first round of sales, organisers said on Thursday.
S.KOREA MINISTER IN NORTH FOR WORLD CUP, SPORTS TALKS
South Korea plans this week to discuss cultural and sports exchanges with North Korea - including sharing of some 2002 World Cup soccer matches.
BRITISH EUROSPORT SECURES CART RIGHTS
British Eurosport has secured live rights to this year?s CART FedEx Championship Series.
INDIA SPORT HOTEL LOGO AFTER CIGARETTE CLAMPDOWN
The Indian cricket team are temporarily dropping a cigarette logo, following the government's move to end sponsorship of sporting events by tobacco firms.
SACRAMENTO PICKED FOR 2004 OLYMPIC TRIALS
America's 2004 Olympic athletics team will be chosen at the same site that hosted the 2000 Sydney Games trials, USA Track & Field officials have said.
SANZAR PROBE SUPER 12 EXPANSION
An independent firm of consultants are to be appointed by the SANZAR unions (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) to examine the possibility of expanding the Super 12 competition to include more teams.
TICKETS.COM WINS BASEBALL ROLE
Tickets.com has been selected as the ticketing provider for spring training by the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants.
KIRCH AND EMTV MOVE CLOSER TO DEAL
A possible rescue attempt by Kirch of cash-strapped Germany media group EM.TV seems closer after EM.TV management seemed to resolve their differences.