Events

Stadium advertising and signage company O'NeillMovingMedia (OMM) has unveiled a new "moving backdrop board" to increase sponsors' exposure during TV interviews with players and managers.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has expressed his confidence in security measures for this year's World Cup at a FIFA workshop for the 32 competing nations.

The West Indies may lose the 2007 World Cup because of poor playing facilities, former West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Pat Rousseau has said.

UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB will not release ratings or subscription details for its pay-per-view coverage of the Melbourne Grand Prix until at least five weeks after the event on March 3.

Teams travelling to this summer's World Cup in Japan and South Korea may not be allowed to travel on the same flights to and from the Far East or during the tournament because it would pose too much of a risk to insurance companies.

US motor sports track operator Dover Downs Entertainment has reported increased turnover for the year-ended December 31, 2001.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has revealed a sustained drop in revenue and profits in its third quarter financial results for the period ending January 25.

US retailer Sears, Roebuck will sponsor CBS Television's high definition television coverage of the 2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

Up to 40 percent of football fans can name at least one of the fifteen sponsors of the FIFA World Cup, according to a survey carried out by Sports.com, the internet and mobile data provider of sports content, and market research group Netpoll.

India's state-owned Doordarshan television network has won exclusive rights to broadcast within the country the hockey World Cup starting in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday with a bid exceeding $1m.

A major legal wrangle over the patent for the virtual 'first down line' used in television coverage of US football has been settled.

Dorna and Tissot have signed an agreement which extends the Swiss watch manufacturer's current role as official timekeeper for the MotoGP World Championships until the end of the 2005 season.

Octagon Motorsports has signed a deal with Eurosport, securing the rights to the Endurance FIM World Championship until 2006.

UK broadcaster ITV has relaunched its Formula One website as it prepares for the start of the new season.

Caribbean-based online gambling company Betracer.com and technology firm World Gaming has announced that it is to offer visitors the opportunity to bet on a string of motor sport events including Formula One and NASCAR.

Rome has made a formal bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 2005, the third-biggest sporting event in the world, Italy's Athletics Federation FIDAL has confirmed.