Events

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

The pursuit of dollars is compromising the safety of competitors and spectators in motorsport in the US, according to a damning report.

Ericsson is bowing out of its title sponsorship of the Ericsson Open at Key Biscayne after next year's event, the Swedish telecom company has said.

Premium TV, the sports broadcast arm of NTL, confirmed today that it would launch a channel called Classic Sport which will offer classic archived BBC sports footage.

David Moffett has been confirmed as the new chief executive of Sport England, becoming the latest in a long list of Australians appointed to top jobs in British sports administration.

ITV Sport, the cash-strapped UK channel run by Granada and Carlton Communications on the ITV Digital network, could be rescued from financial disaster by the formation of a “digital coalition”.

US broadcasters Dish Network, TVN and Cablevision are offering pay-per-view coverage of the Davis Cup tennis final between Australia and France.

Web streaming company Servecast has appointed a chief executive officer in Pat Chapman-Pincher, formerly of WorldCom.

Clipper Ventures, the AIM-listed ocean racing and marine events company, has reached an agreement-in-principle with Newport, Rhode Island to host the start and finish of the 2002 “Around Alone” race for lone sailors.

Cricket's governing body has denied reports that cameras will be placed in players' dressing rooms in an attempt to combat match-fixing.

The UK’s Sky Sports has secured exclusive rights to all nine events from the Tennis Masters Series for the next three years.

US broadcast networks have made contingency plans to shift live sports coverage to cable, should news developments of the war on terrorism take precedence.

Television coverage of Formula One in Australia could be set for a significant change if fresh rumours over a network swap are to be believed.

The NHL has signed two key broadcast contracts in Canada.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is seriously examining the Internet as a broadcasting medium, emphasizing the possibility of streaming video for the 2004 Athens Olympics.

CBS 2 and The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network have confirmed they have reached a three-year, exclusive, over-the-air agreement to broadcast New York Yankees games beginning in 2002.