Events

US broadcaster NBC has agreed to allow its West Coast affiliates to broadcast delayed primetime coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City.

The head of Mexican sport, Nelson Vargas of the Comision Nacional de Deporte (Conade), has ratified this year's budget of 727.8million pesos ($80.3m).

TalkSport, the UK radio station run by former editor of The Sun newspaper Kelvin McKenzie, has filed a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) saying the BBC allegedly abused its dominant position by overpaying for the rights to broadcast sports events on radio.

Triathlon will be watched by an estimated audience of 300 million viewers in 2001, according to Sportsworld Media Group, the media and marketing partner in the International Triathlon Union.

Car manufacturer Ford has renewed its broadcast sponsorship for BSkyB’s coverage of the English Premier League for the ninth consecutive season. How to Develop Effective Sponsorship Programmes: A new report from SportBusiness Group:

Microsoft Corp. has announced that its MSN Internet unit will help produce the official Web site for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sport and Broadband: A new report from SportBusiness Group:

Breeders' Cup officials this week unveiled a plan aimed at boosting familiarity and interest in European horses among American racing fans ahead of this year's multi-million dollar thoroughbred racing card.

Tim Finchem, commissioner for golf’s US PGA Tour, is hoping to nearly double the tour’s current TV rights revenue to close to $1billion in the latest negotiations with broadcasters.

Italian broadcaster RAI, holder of the country’s television rights to a number of sporting events including the 2004 European soccer championships, the Italian Formula One Grand Prix and the Tour de France, said profits for the year fell to $38million from $65m while revenues rose by 4 percent to $2.3bn.

The organisers of this year’s Goodwill Games in Brisbane have unveiled two new sponsors in the shape of America Online (AOL) and US broadcaster HBO. How to Develop Effective Sponsorship Programmes: A new report from SportBusiness Group:

The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) said it submitted on Thursday what it believes to be a winning bid to host next month's Copa America soccer tournament after South America's federations vetoed Colombia over concerns of kidnapping and violence.

Walt Disney and champion golfer Tiger Woods are believed to have struck a deal calling for Woods to appear in golfing exhibitions on Disney television networks.

The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) has scrapped plans to produce separate TV programming for the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) franchise it recently acquired.

Australian broadcaster Seven Network has imposed a cloak of secrecy over the 3D technology to be used in coverage of the rugby union clash between the Wallabies and the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane on Saturday.

Every day at the Wimbledon tennis tournament hundreds of security staff search those coming through the gates for offensive items - knives, bombs, paper hats...

The English RFU has appointed its first stadium director.