Events

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has angrily dismissed a rumour predicting the 2003 Rugby World Cup could be shifted from Australia and New Zealand to Europe.

The Seven Network and Soccer Australia have confirmed broadcast plans for the 2001/2002 soccer season.

Golf’s American Express Championship scheduled for this week at Bellerive Country Club has been cancelled after Tuesday's terror attacks on the US.

Organisers of two of the sport industry’s biggest trade shows say the recent attacks will not impact on their events.

Major League Baseball has once again pulled the plug on games this week in the light of the terrorist events in the US earlier this week – the first time all regular season games have been postponed since D-Day, 1944.

Tennis tournaments in the US and Brazil will continue this week despite Tuesday's terror attacks in New York and Washington.

Golf's Ryder Cup looks almost certain to become the latest victim of the terrorist monstrosity in the US yesterday - as sport is put on hold across the globe.

Ignite Sports, the interactive sports publisher, has launched a new publishing system designed to enable a broad range of sports properties to manage and update their web sites from any internet access point.

The terrible events in the US yesterday caused havoc with sporting events across the globe with all Major League Baseball games last night called off, this week's UEFA European soccer ties postponed, and a question mark hanging over this weekend’s NFL ties and golf’s Ryder Cup later this month.

The New York Yankees has created its own television company called YES with hopes of doubling its broadcast revenues.

An official of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Football Association has told sportbusiness.com that assistance is required from international stadium companies in the renovation of the Middle-Eastern state’s soccer infrastructure

The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games have begun delivering their final presentations ahead of this afternoon's decision in Moscow around 3.30pm BST.

Beijing combined evocative images of ancient and modern China in its final bid for the 2008 Olympics on Friday just hours before the International Olympics Committee (IOC) votes on the host.

Beijing will be guaranteed at least $1.2 billion from the sales of television rights and sponsorships for the Olympic Games.

London’s hopes of staging the 2012 Olympic Games were enhanced after Beijing was chosen to host the 2008 games.

Sportbusiness.com has been re-designed in conjunction with the new-look SportBusiness International, our monthly flagship publication – bringing you the biggest breaking news from around the globe.

The future for a new Wembley Stadium looks bleak after it became clear the UK government is unlikely to support a new major national stadium in London.

World soccer’s ruling body FIFA has snapped up the rights to the official films of all the World Cups from 1954 through to 1990, sportbusiness.com can reveal.