Events

Tel Aviv may bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, officials have said.

A spokesman for BSkyB has denied reports it has made any bid for exclusive UK television rights to the soccer World Cup in 2002.

South Africa has again disputed the campaigning tactics of World Cup 2006 bidding rivals, England.

Digital Video Display Technologies (DVDT) Corporation has launched www.4justodds.com, an extensive site for real-time sports news, data, and analysis.

The New Zealand Rugby Football Union has appointed Media Content, the UK-based agency, to advise on exploiting its media and broadcasting rights.

The 20 chairmen of the English Premier League soccer clubs are meeting today to start discussing the terms for the League?s lucrative new broadcast deal.

A spokesman for BSkyB has denied reports it has made any bid for exclusive UK television rights to the soccer World Cup in 2002.

BSkyB has offered #250million for exclusive UK television rights to the World Cup 2002, according to The Observer newspaper.

Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks has snapped up the exclusive internet broadcasting rights to international cricket matches played in India.

European Rugby Cup Limited (ERC) and ISL Worldwide have mutually agreed to end their relationship with regard to the European Cup and European Shield competitions.

Nike Inc. and Metastream Corp., a provider of marketing visualization solutions for the Web, have signed a viewer distribution agreement.

The British government has dismissed a report that England might team up with Germany in a bid to host soccer's 2006 World Cup rather than press its own case.

D.C United has attracted an offer from US cable company Discovery Communications to become a major sponsor of the MLS club in a one-year $150,000 (#95,000) deal, reports the soccer industry newsletter, the Soccer Investor Weekly Bulletin.

In a bid to get back into professional football broadcasting, the NBC television network will form a 50-50 partnership with World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc., to own and operate the new XFL football league and its eight teams.

Countries bidding for the 2006 soccer World Cup are beginning the countdown to decision day ? exactly 100 days away.

Internet bookmakers William Hill can expect a $10m pay-out if Tiger Woods wins this year's golfing Grand Slam and have slashed the odds about that happening from an opening quote of 250/1 to 33/1.