Events
ATP COULD CHANGE CODE OF CONDUCT
The default of tennis superstar Andre Agassi from the $350,000 Sybase Open on Wednesday for cursing near a linesman has led to calls that the ATP Tour's Code of Conduct be changed.
ONDIGITAL TO BROADCAST CHAMPIONS’ LEAGUE
Britain's ONdigital is to televise matches from European soccer's Champions' League live next season as part of a partnership with the ITV commercial TV network.
INVESTORS LOOK CLOSER TO HOME FOR $80M DEAL
The group of investors that won the bidding war to buy SkyDome Corp., home of baseball's Toronto Blue Jays, is having to dig deeper into their own pockets to pay the $80-million price tag.
RENNER TO HEAD ISL TENNIS DIVISION
Sports marketing heavyweights ISL have launched a new Tennis Division to handle the ATP Tour?s Super 9 tournaments and the ITF?s Fed Cup.
IMG WINS OLYMPICS PLAUDITS
Seeking to stabilise opinion on the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee's co-ordination commission, Swiss lawyer Marc Hodler, whose allegations of bribery against his colleagues triggered the biggest Olympic scandal in history, has said the hiring of IMG to recruit more 2002 Winter Games sponsors will help the Salt Lake City games to recover.
FOX SPORTS WORLD ESPANOL SIGN INTERNET PARTNERS
Quepasa!com will sponsor Fox Sports World Espanol's network coverage of the Copa America '99 which begins on June 29.
SKY WIN RYDER CUP RIGHTS
UK broadcaster Sky Sports has won the exclusive live rights to the next two Ryder Cups between Europe and the United States.
FOX SPORTS HAS NEW CHIEF
Fox Broadcasting Corp. chief executive David Hill is leaving his post and returning to his roots in sports as head of a new Fox group overseeing the entertainment giant's global sports operations.
HBO TO END 25 YEAR WIMBLEDON ASSOCIATION
HBO, the Time Warner owned cable network, will not renew its contract with Wimbledon - thereby ending a 25 year association.
IOC PREPARE NEW BID CONDITIONS
A new 'bid acceptance' procedure is set to be established for cities hoping to stage an Olympic Games, as the IOC continues to ensure no future repeat of the Salt Lake City scandal.
GAMES CHIEF TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK
A decision on who should run Melbourne, Australia's 2006 Commonwealth Games, is set to be made next week.
WEMBLEY COSTS SOAR TO #475M
Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL), the company behind the new English national stadium project at Wembley, have revealed an increase in stadium costs from #320m to #475m.
MINISTER KICKS HOST CITY OUT
Russian Sports Minister Boris Ivanyuzhenkov has ruled out the city of Yaroslavl as joint hosts of the 2000 world ice hockey championship.
FOX SPORTS WORLD TO JOIN DIRECTV PROGRAMMING LINEUP
DIRECTV, the leading US digital pay-TV entertainment service, has reached an affiliate agreement with FOX Sports World to offer the network on the DIRECTV programming line-up beginning September 1, 1999.
USOC TO TAKE CORPORATE APPROACH
The U.S. Olympic Committee's decision making group has recommended revamping the rapidly growing organisation to operate like a corporation and earn $20 million a month.
SPORTECH REPORTS "POSITIVE OUTLOOK" AS CUSTOMERS INCREASE
Sportech PLC, the holding company for Littlewoods Leisure, the pools betting company it acquired in September 2000, has reported that its telephone and online sports betting customer base grew to over 208,000 registered customers in the six months to June 30.
MIDDLE EAST TV DEAL FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
European soccer has expanded its reach even further after the UEFA Champions League signed a joint TV rights deal with two Middle Eastern broadcasters to show simultaneous coverage of the competition in Arabic and English every Wednesday night.
TRAFFIC MOUNTS UP AT CART.COM
The official website of CART has smashed its previous two-day record for visits over it Road America race weekend.