Events

The US has announced it is to bid to stage FIFA?s Club World Championships in 2003.

Broadcast sponsorship of Eurosport?s coverage of the Olympic Games was a huge success, according to a survey of European television viewers.

The LPGA Tour on Thursday on announced that its 2001 schedule would include four new events and feature its largest total purse ever.

Quokka Sports has signed a deal with the NCAA to extend their partnership for official online NCAA championship coverage of 40 NCAA sports championships through the 2002 spring season.

Ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi has launched an online rugby game called Beat Rugby to keep the New Zealand All Blacks and the team?s sponsors adidas in the sporting spotlight during the international rugby off-season.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved Greece's security strategy for the 2004 Games but asked for a detailed operations plan to be drawn up as soon as possible, officials said on Thursday.

UK cable company NTL has exclusively associated itself with the consortium bidding for the broadcast rights to Britain's 59 racecourses.

Sportinglife.com has appointed Simon McKay, as its first head of sponsorship and advertising, and Real Media, as its exclusive advertising sales agency.

Virtual technology firm Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd, is to launch a 3D on- air graphics system named CyberGraphics.

Australia has benefited to the tune of $1.4billion from Olympic-based income during September, pushing the trade balance into surplus for the first time in three years.

Nasdaq-listed online sporting goods retailer Fogdog Sports, and online registration company for participatory sports, Active.com, have formed a strategic e-commerce partnership.

Australia?s Ten Network and sports graphics company Pineapplehead Ltd will broadcast a virtual Melbourne Cup race before the officially gets underway next month.

Innovative new audio-visual technology could soon revolutionise coverage of sports events and matches on the internet. So says Steven J. Winston of Cybersports International, which provides full screen, full motion interactive viewing through broadband channels.

Philips Consumer Electronics has become the official partner of the AufSchalke arena in Gelsenkirchen, giving the Dutch electronics giant ?preferred supplier? status and sponsorship, but not naming rights, of the arena.

The Equestrian Federation of Australia and ActiveTV have signed a deal to enhance the sport?s television coverage.

The English Football Association has finally given permission for a foreign broadcaster to set up its own television cameras for coverage of an international match.