Events

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. has confirmed it will sponsor the seventh annual ESPN Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado in a multi-million dollar deal.

Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres is set to announce a naming rights partner for its new ballpark.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has revealed its revised bid to host the 2007 World Cup with the most significant changes coming in the designated stadia for the tournament.

A Swiss-based sports marketing company founded by former executives of ISL, has been appointed by Dentsu to manage the broadcast rights for the IAAF Golden League.

Tessa Jowell, the UK government's Culture,Media and Sport minister, is to meet with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge today to discuss a potential London bid for the 2012 Games.

The International Rugby Board has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that both England and France met yesterday's deadline for the resubmission of bidding documents to host the 2007 World Cup.

The British Speedway Promoters Association has announced the appointment of MTA Media to oversee all public relations activities for British Speedway in 2003.

The spectre of the new Wembley stadium has cast a shadow over government discussions on a proposed London bid for the 2012 Olympics after the venue was ignored in the bidding plans.

Sue Ashworth has been named as the new head of commercial development at UK pay-TV network Sky Sports.

Indian-based internet portal CricketNext.com has secured the online rights to next month's Cricket World Cup in South Africa.

As expected, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has given UK pay-TV network Sky Sports the official green light to air live and exclusive coverage of next month's Cricket World Cup.

The NFL has announced that the Super Bowl will be broadcast to 800 million people in 220 countries around the world.

US broadcaster Fox Sports is to sell broadband access to its daily video highlights through online portal Lycos.com.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed England will play its World Cup match in Zimbabwe despite mounting political pressure - and a protest (pictured) which threaten to overshadow the expected announcement.

The ATP has switched two of its Asian events to different cities for 2003.

In his first public comment on the issue, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was lukewarm in his support for a London Olympic bid for the 2012 Games.