Events
Events

The International Association of Athletic Federations continues its evaluation of the bidding cities to host the 2005 World Championships, SPORTELAmerica opens for business in Miami, the new AFL season begins with a new broadcast package and the Major League Baseball season gets under way at the end of the week.
Events

The resilience of English soccer clubs could be put to the ultimate test by ITV Digital's threat to reduce its fees for lower league broadcast rights.
Business

UEFA's in-house marketing team has signed its first major sponsorship deal for the Euro 2004 soccer tournament.
Events

Athletics' governing body the IAAF is set to discuss the first step in reviving London as a host of major sporting events today - despite the humiliation the city suffered in its inability to host the 2005 World Championship.
Events

South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi have vowed to seize the historic opportunity of the World Cup to improved their often troubled ties.
Business

New Zealand rugby officials say they had approached the International Rugby Board (IRB) with a plan to resolve the hosting of next year's Rugby World Cup.
Events

South Korea plans to draft in soldiers as emergency translators to help visitors at the World Cup after failing to recruit enough people with language skills, the South Korean organising committee (KOWOC) says.
Business

Football League representatives will meet the 72 member clubs tomorrow to discuss the revised offer made by ITV Digital for the lower league's broadcast rights.
Business

Sportingbet plc, the AIM-listed online sports company that recently bucked the dot com trend by reporting a pre-tax profit, has expanded its operation to Scandinavia.
Business

The UK is to host the Rugby League World Cup in 2005 - the third successive time it has staged the tournament.
Business

New Zealand rugby officials are still holding out hope of co-hosting the 2003 World Cup with Australia but admit that obstacles to their role in the tournament remain.
Events

The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) network launches today, having failed to sign a carriage deal with one of New York's biggest cable platforms.
Events

The NFL is considering scheduling changes to improve the ailing fortunes of its flagship TV programme 'Monday Night Football' (MNF).
Events

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, taking place next month, will be beamed live on the Fox network, CART has confirmed.
Events

IOC president Jacques Rogge has said that plans to "downsize" the Summer Olympic Games will not affect the number of sports or athletes involved.
Events

Football's governing body FIFA has confirmed its promise of awarding the TV rights to the World Cup to all African countries for free.
Business

Debt-laden media group Kirch has denied a newspaper report that it plans to sell its 2006 World Cup rights to German state-owned television station ARD.
Business

The UK government is likely to support a bill banning tobacco advertising following a vote in support of the measure by the House of Lords.