Events
FIFA `FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED? WITH SA BID
FIFA's technical inspection team has given South Africa's bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals an unequivocal thumbs-up on Tuesday after a five-day tour to check the country's readiness.
WORLDZAP LAUNCH TAKES SPORTS MEDIA INTO NEW AGE
Prisma Sports & Media has launched a joint venture with The Fantastic Corporation to deliver sports content to mobile phones in a move which, they say, will change the sports environment forever.
CHINA LAUNCHES OLYMPIC BID SLOGAN
China has launched Beijing's bid for the 2008 Summer Games under the slogan "New Beijing, Great Olympics."
SA BID GETS FIFA PRAISE
FIFA has praised South Africa's pitch for the 2006 World Cup as a technical team began a six-day tour find out how enthusiastic the country was about hosting the competition.
ITALIAN SPORT BROADCASTERS IN TV COURT SUCCESS
A regional court has overturned a 1998 ruling by Italy's Antitrust watchdog that a sports rights accord
BBC RACES TO TV HORSE DEAL
The BBC has struck a deal with the US channel TrackPower Inc, giving them the rights to rebroadcast the BBC?s coverage of horseracing at Ascot, Goodwood, Newbury and Haydock racetracks throughout this year.
FOSTER?S SIGNS F1 NAMING RIGHTS & SUPPLIER DEAL
Foster's Australia has signed a 10-year contract with Allsport Management SA, the promotional arm of Formula One racing, to make the brand the official beer supplier at almost every Grand Prix.
RADIO STATION BLAST AFTER LISTENER FIGURES `THEFT?
UK all-sport radio station talkSPORT says it is being `robbed? of ratings after a survey revealed many listeners mistook its broadcasts for that of its rival the BBC.
NABA AND NATAS PLAN BREAKFAST PANEL
The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) has teamed up with the International Council of the National Academy of Television and Arts Sciences (NATAS) to present a special breakfast panel on the future of sports broadcasting at this month?s Sportelamerica.
ANC BROADENS BASE WITH NEW DEPARTMENT
Rotational signage company ANC Sports Enterprises has launched a new division to broaden its business.
DOTCOM TAKE US SOCCER TO GERMANS VIA THE NET
US soccer is coming to the German Internet market after DotCom Ventures ? a subsidiary of the Peacock Financial Group ? struck a web co-production agreement with Cyware Media.
BIG SCREEN BAN FOR EURO CITIES
Amsterdam and Eindhoven are to ban outdoor television screens for showing matches during the European championship finals in June because they are worried that rival fans will clash.
SPORTSLINE TO SET UP ASIAN JOINT VENTURE
SportsLine.com and its majority-owned European subsidiary Sports.com, intend to form an Internet joint venture with Asiacontent.com, a leading developer of Asian Internet content, advertising and e-commerce services.
YAHOO! SPORTS SPONSORS U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD TEAM
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team has signed an agreement with Yahoo! Inc., designating Yahoo! Sports as the team's exclusive Internet Services sponsor.
BSKYB TO BID #250M FOR WORLD CUP RIGHTS
BSkyB has offered #250million for exclusive UK television rights to the World Cup 2002, according to The Observer newspaper.
MINISTER URGED TO RECONSIDER WEMBLEY PLANS
A British parliamentary watchdog has urged the UK government to reverse its decision to rebuild Wembley into a showpiece soccer stadium with no athletics track.
BLUE DAY FOR TALKSPORT IN NEW SPONSOR DEAL
UK online betting service Bluesq.com has signed a $650,000 deal with sport-only radio station talkSPORT.
PEACOCK SEALS SOCCER DEAL
Publicly owned investment holding company, Peacock Financial Corp. has acquired the Bay Area Seals, the professional A-league soccer club of San Francisco, California.