Events

Jaguar Investments, listed on the Over the Counter Billboard market, has agreed to buy all the shares in New York-based Premier Sports Media and Entertainment Group, which will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Jaguar from the expected closure date of November 10.

The BBC has unveiled a new three-year deal for exclusive live coverage of the Masters golf tournament from Augusta, Georgia.

The decision to award the Ryder Cup golf tournament to Wales instead of Scotland will have no bearing on Scotland's Euro 2008 soccer championships bid, according to organisers.

Kirch Intermedia has teamed up with the German 'local loop' DSL provider QSC to broadcast internet excerpts of Bundesliga soccer in Germany from November.

US broadcaster, HBO Sports is rebranding its pay-per-view arm with the TVKO moniker exchanged for HBO Pay-Per-View.

Australian television network SBS Sport has hailed its coverage of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Edmonton as a huge success.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has expanded its US Open partnership with United Airlines until 2005.

Swimming's top doping expert has questioned the reliability of tests used to detect erythropoietin (EPO), one of the most dangerous banned drugs in sport.

Continental countries in Europe are expected to meet later this month to discuss what they see as a snub by the European Tour and the PGA following last week's decision to award the Ryder Cup to Wales in 2010 and to Scotland in 2014.

US broadcaster Fox Sports is dropping its '1st and Ten' virtual line from its NFL coverage citing high production costs.

The National Football League (NFL), still struggling with its scheduling of the Super Bowl, is considering moving the biggest sporting event in the United States to the New York area this season.

International investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein said it is not surprised by news that the organisers of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City have almost reached their sponsorship targets.

Spanish city Valladolid will host the 2003 canoeing world marathon championships.

The English Football Association (FA) has confirmed that it is in talks with soccer’s governing body FIFA in an attempt to ensure that next year’s World Cup is broadcast on UK terrestrial television.

London’s plans to host the IAAF World Athletics Championships in 2005 are hanging by a thread after claims the plug was set to be pulled on a proposed £87million ($128.06m/B

The National Football League has announced that it will move two rounds of playoff action from their traditional Saturday afternoon slots to a more high-profile time on Saturday nights for the coming season in a bid to boost viewership.