Events

The NBA's new minor league tips off on Friday with players that only the most hardcore basketball fans have ever heard of but with name-brand corporate sponsors befitting its marketing-savvy parent league.

UK broadcaster Channel 5 claimed success with its coverage of Germany’s vital World Cup qualifier with the Ukraine this week.

The NBA is reportedly in discussions with media giant AOL Time Warner over the creation of a jointly-owned television network.

Daktronics, the US-based large screen and video display manufacturer, has reported lower than expected second quarter revenues of $41.6 million (B

Football League clubs have accused the UK’s cash-strapped cable group NTL of weaselling out of an agreement to pay for internet rights by introducing stringent benchmarks linked to fees, writes today’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Soccer fans could be watching video clips of winning goals at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea on their mobile phones if Tuesday's test of a high-speed wireless system allows development of a fully operational network.

After more than four years of negotiations, the owners of the Colorado Rockies have agreed to buy Oren Benton's 23.7 percent share of the team out of US Bankruptcy Court.

Soccer fans could be watching video clips of winning goals at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea on their mobile phones if Tuesday's test of a high-speed wireless system allows development of a fully operational network.

England's South West Trains rail network has signed a three-year deal with i2i Marketing, a subsidiary of Benchmark Sport, to provide entertainment and interactive marketing at stations key to major sports and cultural events.

The US Tennis Association (USTA) has unveiled a major reorganisation – including the creation of a new marketing and communications division.

World Snooker has appointed public relations firm Hill and Knowlton to raise the profile of the sport and the governing body.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is taking advantage of the scrapping of betting duty in the UK by launching its telephone betting service there from Friday.

Speedway Motorsports has reported a modest three percent increase in revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001.

ESPN has secured the broadcast and internet rights for the 2003 America's Cup finals.

Non-League Media, the Alternative Investment Market-listed non-league football publishing company, has removed chairman Graham Gutteridge from its board.

The Scotland Euro 2008 Bid team has drawn up a shortlist of four design companies to assist with its possible submission to host the soccer championships.