Events

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.

Sportal has signed a major sponsorship deal with European online and recruitment portal StepStone.

Swedish sport sponsorship evaluation network S-Comm, has gained a British part-owner.

Legal issues relating to internet intellectual property rights and piracy were stressed at the 26th annual Sports Lawyers Association Conference in San Francisco.

The Boston Red Sox are examining plans to sell the naming rights to its new Fenway Park stadium.

Sports website operator Rivals.com and the One-on-One Sports radio network have signed a marketing deal calling for the two to exchange content and advertising inventory.

Indonesia have been awarded the right to hold the 2002 Tiger Cup by the Asian Football Federation four years after civil unrest forced the nation to relinquish hosting the event.

While English football awaits the announcement of the winning bids for the Premier League?s broadcast rights, England?s lower divisions are also in negotiations over a new deal.

Virtual imaging company Orad Hi-Tech Systems recorded revenues up 128 per cent in the first quarter of 2000.

French commercial TV station TF1 and pay-TV channel Canal Plus have acquired stakes in sports channels Eurosport International and Eurosport France from Disney Corp cable TV sports network ESPN.

SpeedMonster.com, a leading motor sports website, has signed as presenting sponsor of the American Powerboat Association (APBA) for the next three years.

Dutch KPN Telecom NV has said it had bid to buy the broadcast rights of all Dutch first division soccer matches for five years in an effort to boost the content of its internet division.

State inspectors on Sunday began investigating the collapse of a pedestrian walkway outside Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, that injured 97 people following a weekend NASCAR stock-car race.