Events

US-based sports network Rivals.com has announced the completion of its online tools to allow newspapers, magazines and other online media outlets to private-label or co-brand Rivals sports content and team coverage on their individual sites.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc (WWFE) today announced a series of agreements that will deliver more than 2,200 hours of its programming across three continents.

Europe's soccer governing body UEFA remains opposed to European Commission plans to force changes to the way broadcast rights to the Champions League are sold, its chief executive has said.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the European Athletic Association (EAA) are holding meetings in Moscow today and Friday, with debate on changes to the Golden League heading the agenda.

The British Olympic Association (BOA) does not have insurance cover for the UK Winter Olympics team, due to take part in the Salt Lake City games next year.

Australian athletics officials are reported to be outraged by the revelation of a 'secret' undertaking by the IAAF that three of the next four World Athletics Championships will be held in Europe or a city in a European time zone.

England's cricket tour to India will go ahead after top-level discussions concluded there were "no visible signs of trouble in India".

Italian free-to-air public broadcaster RAI is winding up its webcasting channel, Sport Set, as part of the restructuring of its new media activities.

Senior organisers from Sydney 2000, widely recognised as the best games ever, look set to be drafted in to assist with future events after the secretary general of the Australian Olympic Committee moved to Olympic headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

British Eurosport has signed a deal with a UK ski and snowboard show as it ramps up promotion of its coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

The Charlotte Hornets have moved another step closer to Louisville after confirmation of financial backing from Tricon Global Restaurants and support from the state governor.

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung has voiced concerns that terrorists might target next year’s World Cup, arguing that no country is secure in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

Michel Platini – former French soccer captain and long-time favourite to head European governing body UEFA – has pulled out of the race to replace Lennart Johansson.

UK government troubleshooter Patrick Carter made his first public appearance this afternoon before a Parliamentary select committee set up to investigate the decision to scrap London as the venue for the 2005 World Athletics Championships.

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, has indicated that London’s chance of hosting the 2012 Games is practically dead in the water.

Australia's Seven Network has paid an incredible ten-times more than any local network has ever paid to screen a one-off soccer match by the national team, the Socceroos.