Events
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PLEASED WITH SPONSOR DEALS
Till Lufft, general secretary of the European Athletic Association has declared the organisation `very pleased? with the level of sponsor support for the European Championships which start tomorrow.
NHL AWARDS DISNEY TV RIGHTS TO HOCKEY GAMES
The National Hockey League and Walt Disney Co.'s ABC broadcast and ESPN cable television networks Tuesday unveiled their five-year, $600 million TV deal, which dramatically boosts the cost of airing hockey even as ratings are falling.
KOREANS LOOK FOR UNIFIED SOCCER TEAM
South Korea's ruling party is pushing for a unified soccer team with North Korea and for the Stalinist country to host some of the matches in the 2002 World Cup finals, according to a party document released today.
ADVERTISERS WARN SPORTS BODIES NOT TO MILK EVENTS
Advertisers, invited for the first time to a sports trade show here, have warned sporting event organisers that they should not milk their events for money.
FIFA GETS TOUGH OVER CLUB OWNERSHIP AND SUPERLEAGUES
In a two day meeting the FIFA Executive Committee has expressed its extreme concern over the trend for entities outside the football establishment becoming involved in the organisation of football competitions.
OLYMPIC DOME CONSTRUCTION STALLED
Contract problems have stalled the $A200 million construction of one of the feature venues of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
TENNIS-ATP TOUR SAYS ECCLESTONE’S PLAN IS NOTHING NEW
Bernie Ecclestone's proposals to revolutionise tennis are no more than a copy of plans already in place, organisers of the men's game has said.
PUSHING FOR HIGHER TICKET SALES AT ASIAN GAMES
Ticket sales are causing concern for organisers of the Asian Games, opening December 6th.
SWEDISH SKANSKA TO BUILD $69 MLN RUSSIAN SPORT CENTRE
Swedish construction company Skanska AB has said it has won a contract worth 560 million crowns ($69 million) to build a sports centre in St Petersburg for the ice hockey world championship in 2000.
SEMA WINS OLYMPIC GAMES TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT
Computer services company Sema Group Plc has said it had been chosen to run information techology for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the years 2001 to 2008.
ATLANTA CHIEF DENIES WRONGDOING
Billy Payne, who headed up Atlanta's bid for the 1996 Olympics and became chief of its organising committee, has rejected any suggestion that Atlanta paid for votes in its campaign to stage the Games.
DILLER’S WAMI-TV PAY FOR MARLINS
Reinforcing its image as South Florida's pre-eminent sports carrier, Barry Diller's local programming station WAMI-TV has bought a six-year exclusive broadcast rights to baseball's Florida Marlins.
SPONSORS STICKING WITH GAMES – SAYS IOC
The head of marketing at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed allegations of bribery swirling around the organisation had not deterred sponsors of the world's top sporting event.
BOOK CLAIMS SCANDALS AN OLYMPIC TRADITION
The bribery scandal now rocking the Olympic movement would scarcely have shocked its ancient Greek founders.
ECB CLINCH NEW DEAL WITH SOMI
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a major new contract with Sports and Outdoor Media International (SOMI).
TV WATCHDOG SAYS STOP BSKYB MAN U BID-REPORT
Britain's broadcasting watchdog has urged the competition regulator to block BSkyB Plc's planned 623 million pound takeover of Manchester United soccer club, said a report in the Financial Times on Friday.
LANGE STEPS DOWN FROM RUGBY ROLE
New Zealand Rugby League vice chairman and former prime minister David Lange has stood down after three years involvement at management level.
WORLD CUP BIDS UNDER SPOTLIGHT AT EXPO
The on-going debate over the bidding countries for the 2006 soccer World Cup will spill over into a conference to take place at the home of English Premier League club Chelsea next month.