Events
SINGAPORE GETS S$500m SPORTS BOOST
The Singapore Sports Ministry has unveiled a budget of S$500 million over five years for sports, and outlined plans for a new complex that aims to turn Singapore into a hub for world-class sporting events.
IOC PRAISES TORONTO’S 2008 OLYMPIC PLANS
IOC delegates have heaped praise on Toronto's plans to stage the 2008 Olympics, saying they were impressed with the city's athlete-oriented focus and dismissed detractors who sought to cast a pall on Toronto's squeaky-clean reputation.
ESS SIGNS MULTI-YEAR TENNIS & F1 TV CONTRACTS
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has signed multi-year agreements for Asian broadcast rights to Formula One motor racing and the leading tennis Grand Slams ? the US Open and Wimbledon.
F1 CARMAKERS AGAINST EM.TV HAVING CONTROL
Formula One's five European car makers said on Tuesday they opposed any moves that would lead to one television company controlling the commercial rights to races.
ESPN STAR ACQUIRES PREMIER LEAGUE RIGHTS
Asian sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the exclusive terrestrial, cable and satellite television broadcast rights of the English Premier League for the next three seasons beginning August 2001.
CHINA COURTS IOC OFFICIALS FOR 2008 BID
China urged International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates arriving on Monday to assess Beijing's bid for the 2008 Games to focus on its credentials as a "sports superpower of 1.2 billion people", not its human rights record.
AFL DENIES COCA-COLA SPONSORSHIP EXIT
The AFL has had a much-needed sponsorship boost as the league and naming-rights backer Coca-Cola denied their relationship would end prematurely.
LEWIS’ U.S. PROMOTER SAYS NO SITE CHOSEN FOR NEXT FIGHT
World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis' U.S. promoter has denied a report that Johannesburg had been selected to host the fighter's next defence in April.
WILLIAMS SISTERS WIN CYBER-SQUATTER CASE
The Williams tennis sisters Venus and Serena have won their cases to evict cyber-squatters from contested domain names, arbitrators have ruled.
HBO EMBRACES WEB AND TV FOR INTERACTIVE LAUNCH
HBO.com is to launch a live interactive adjunct to HBO Sports' new 12-week talk/magazine show, On the Record with Bob Costas.
PGA SENIOR TOUR GAINS FROM CNBC COVERAGE
The Senior PGA Tour?s decision to award its broadcast rights to CNBC has paid early dividends.
TRANSPORT PROBLEMS BLOCKING OLYMPIC BID SAYS MINISTER
Transport and accommodation standards must improve for Britain to have a chance of bidding successfully for the Olympic Games, UK government Culture Secretary Chris Smith has said.
WALKER STARTS FURTHER ROUND OF TALKS OVER WEMBLEY
Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL) chairman Rodney Walker has started a new round of talks to discuss his plans for an athletics track in the new national stadium.
MEXICO SOCCER TEAM SIGNS TV DEAL
The Mexican national soccer team has signed a partnership with US national Spanish-language television network Telemundo to broadcast all of Mexico's exhibition and official games.
SPONSORSHIPBRASSERIE.COM RELEASES FIRST WEBSITE FIGURES
A new website that matches potential sponsors with rights holders has recorded more than 15,000 hits in its first two weeks of trading.
ATHENS ORGANISERS FORECAST $800 MILLION TV REVENUES
Athens Olympics organisers (ATHOC) are forecasting revenues from TV rights for the 2004 Games will rise 16.5 percent from the Sydney figure to $800 million.
TRIATHLON UNION TO HOLD CONGRESS IN LIGHT OF BREAKAWAY THREAT
The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has announced it is to hold an extraordinary congress immediately to discuss the threatened split from the organisation by eight member nations.
TALKSPORT COVERAGE IS ?LIVE?
UK commercial sports station TalkSPORT can continue to broadcast commentary of major sporting events off the TV as it did during Euro 2000, even if the BBC has rights to the event.