Events
SMITH STAYS AT UNITED FOR RIGHTS NEGOTIATIONS
The chairman of soccer?s richest club ? English and European champions Manchester United ? has delayed his retirement so that he can be involved in the next round of bidding for the Premier League broadcasting rights.
ESPN EXPANDS X FACTOR
ESPN has announced its X Games franchise is to undergo a major expansion ? which include staging several events annually around the globe.
RADIO STATION BLAST AFTER LISTENER FIGURES `THEFT?
UK all-sport radio station talkSPORT says it is being `robbed? of ratings after a survey revealed many listeners mistook its broadcasts for that of its rival the BBC.
FIFA PRAISE MOROCCO BID AS `OUTSTANDING?
A FIFA inspection team has arrived in Morocco for a five-day visit, saying the country's bid file to host the 2006 World Cup was outstanding.
OLYMPIC SPONSORS GET `MORALS? OPT-OUT CLAUSE
Multi-million dollar sponsors signing up for the Olympics now have a "morals" opt-out clause in their contracts allowing them to walk away from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if it goes off the rails.
PRIMA GET RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP RIGHTS JOB
Prima Television International has been appointed exclusive international media rights representative for the Lincoln Financial Group Rugby League World Cup 2000.
MICHAEL WEISMAN JOINS SPORTSPRIZE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Weisman, the Emmy Award winning executive and sports producer, has joined the sports-based entertainment and e-commerce Internet company, SportsPrize Entertainment Inc?s, Board of Directors.
BBC ENTERS HOLYFIELD/ LEWIS BIDDING
The BBC has held preliminary talks with Don King with the aim of securing the television rights to the Evander Holyfield/ Lennox Lewis fight on November 13.
SOCOG IN ROW WITH IAAF OVER OLYMPIC TICKETS
The world athletics federation has accused cash-strapped Sydney Olympic organisers of selling unauthorised Games tickets to "make cash".
GAMES `WILL GO TO AFRICA? ? SAYS IOC OFFICIAL
A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official has said he expected the Games to be held in Africa in the next 10 years.
SFX ACQUIRES TELLEM TO CREATE AGENCY POWERHOUSE
Promoter SFX Entertainment Inc has acquired Tellem & Associates, in a deal that creates a powerhouse sports agency that will represent some 700 professional sports figures including Nomar Garciaparra, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
BOA SAY WEMBLEY CLASH DAMAGING BID HOPES
A clash between football and athletics bosses over London's Wembley Stadium is compromising Britain's hopes of staging future Olympic Games, the British Olympic Association's chief executive has said.
FINAL ATTRACTS HUGE FRENCH TV AUDIENCE
This weekend?s Rugby World Cup final between France and Australia drew an audience of over 14 million French television viewers or 79.6 percent of those watching French TV at the time, TV group TF1 has said.
RTE FUME OVER TURKISH TV RIGHTS
Irish state broadcaster RTE has said it had failed to resolve a row with a Turkish television company over the rights to broadcast Wednesday's Euro 2000 play-off between Ireland and Turkey in Bursar.
MLS CHANGES FORMAT AND BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Major League Soccer (MLS) had made a number of changes to its format and rules, as well as its matchday and broadcast schedules, according to the soccer industry newsletter, The Soccer Investor Daily Bulletin.
SAMARANCH `WOULD HAVE QUIT? HAD IOC TURNED AGAINST HIM
Olympic chief Juan Antonio Samaranch, under fire for most of 1999 over a corruption scandal, has admitted he might have quit earlier this year if just a quarter of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had turned against him.
TENNIS TOUR PUTS $3m EXTRA INTO PRIZE POT
Prize money for the Sanex WTA Tour will be increased by more than $3 million for the 2000 season, organisers have announced.
EBU WINS WORLD ATHLETICS SERIES PAST 2001
The European Broadcasting Union has secured rights to broadcast the World Athletics Series beyond 2001.