Events

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.

Coordination problems and delays are dogging preparations for the 2004 Athens Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stated in a letter to the Greek organisers.

Isle of Man-based firm Greenlight Television has been awarded the TV rights to the island's motorcycle TT races.

South Korean security experts have come up with a secret weapon to beat would-be World Cup soccer hooligans - lipstick and mascara.

John Leach has been appointed managing director of UK-based independent production company Sunset+Vine, part of The Television Corporation (TV Corp).

A TV rights row in the Caribbean could mean West Indies cricket fans may miss out on watching their team’s first Test match in Sri Lanka.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment president and chief operating officer Stuart Snyder has resigned and nine percent of the work force has been laid off as part of a restructuring programme.