Events

Following an on-site inspection, soccer governing body FIFA has expressed its contentment with the security arrangements ahead of this summer's World Cup.

Venues hoping to host Golden League athletics meetings will now have to meet strict criteria for TV coverage and financial security, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said.

Domestic viewing figures for England's FA Cup final, which took place this weekend, were the lowest in the tournament's history.

Jeff Chapman, the former majority shareholder in the bankrupt Sportsworld Media plc, has told sportbusiness.com that it is "unlikely" he will buy any of the UK assets or businesses of the company.

European internet and mobile provider of sports content, Sports.com, is to offer mobile phone users a new pay-per-use Formula One SMS alert service.

Shares in sportswear giant adidas-Salomon, one of the major sponsors of this summer's soccer World Cup and endorser of dozens of sport's biggest names, have risen following solid first quarter 2002 results.

German soccer’s Bundesliga is turning up the heat on financially stricken media giant Kirch as it looks to secure remaining money due for its TV rights.

As expected, UK pay-TV platform ITV Digital was switched off this morning although its ITV Sport Channel will continue as a free-to-air offering until the end of the football season.

Two ex-Manchester United footballers have been appointed to head up a new corporate hospitality venture - Profectus Special Events.

German sports research firm Sport+Markt has launched a new price finding system for the naming rights of European stadia.

English Premier League and major club bosses are exploring ways to create their own subscription TV service, which could also include Scottish soccer.

Soccerex president Tony Martin has told delegates at the international conference in Dubai: "We have political mayhem at the very top of our game."

Canadian Formula One fans can now tune into Formula One radio commentary after its Team Radio Network signed a deal with the US Formula One Radio Network.

The Sanex WTA tour has criticised the organisers of Wimbledon for not awarding equal prize money for men and women at this year's championships.

The business and assets of the insolvent ITV Digital terrestrial platform were put up for sale yesterday after administrators were unable to secure financial backing to keep the service afloat.

Selling rights packages across a range of platforms is the key to survival in the new sports TV landscape, according to a number of leading industry experts on the first day of the SportBusiness 2002 conference in central London.