Events
Pound accepts new IOC role
Former IOC marketing chief Dick Pound is to head up a new IOC commission charged with reducing the size and cost of the Olympics, press sources have revealed.
BA to sponsor first PPV broadband match
British Airways will sponsor tonight's first-ever pay-per-view English Premier League broadband soccer match between Liverpool and Manchester United.
Seven signs transmission deal
Asia Global Crossing has won a multi-million dollar contract to provide the Seven Network with transmission capacity for its domestic broadcast of the Salt Lake Winter Games and the Commonwealth Games later this year.
IEC sells HK soccer event
IEC in Sports has been signed up to help sell the rights to Hong Kong soccer tournament the Carlsberg Cup.
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Ski legend Toni Sailer, a triple Olympic champion, has used the scene of Alpine skiing's blue-riband race to drum up support for Austria's bid to host the 2010 Winter Games.
Manchester to host bid conference
A major conference on bidding for and hosting major sports events will be held in Manchester, England, immediately after the Commonwealth Games this year.
Liverpool to host Clipper 2002 race
AIM-listed ocean racing and marine events company Clipper Ventures plc has signed up the port of Liverpool to host the Clipper 2002 around-the-world yacht race.
ITV Sport records ratings zero
An English Worthington Cup semi-final match, shown on ITV Sport, the sports channel operated by ITV Digital, has failed to register a single ratings point.
BBC wins Australian Open match rights
Coverage of the first Australian Open Grand Slam meeting between British tennis’s Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman will be shown on BBC television.
Rugby gets new commercial director
In a joint appointment, the Six Nations Committee and the British and Irish Lions have named John Feehan as their new commercial director.
IOC to delay 2012 rights bids?
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it may delay the bidding for the US television rights to the 2012 Winter Olympics due to the downturn in the American economy.
Hollis named NBA International TV Director
Kelly Hollis has been promoted to the post of Director of International Television for the NBA and will be based at the franchise's Paris offices.
Arsenal pick McAlpine for new stadium
English Premier League soccer club Arsenal has selected Sir Robert McAlpine to carry out construction work on its new 60,000-seater stadium in London.
Sky and ITV talks collapse
Talks between rival UK digital broadcasters Sky Digital and ITV Digital over carriage of the ITV Sports Channel, have broken down.
The naming game – coming to Europe
Stadium naming rights is growing in attraction to brands in Europe as it looks to capitalise on a split in the media and audiences, according to the author of a market-leading report.
Cricket match goes live online
India's opening one-day international against tourists England is to become the first ever cricket match to be beamed live on the internet.
Dorna signs Prima TV deal
Dorna Sports and Prima TV have signed a deal which grants the broadcasting rights for motorcycling's MotoGP World Championship in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
NZ Golf Open organisers ‘will pay creditors’
New Zealand Golf Open director David Pool has assured creditors they will be paid despite the tournament losing hundreds of thousands of New Zealand dollars.