Events
ESPN.COM TO BROADCAST INTERACTIVE LIVE AUDIO
ESPN.com will offer sports fans the opportunity to interact with an audio broadcast of a sports event when it provides exclusive audio for the Jimmy V Classic next Tuesday featuring Tennessee vs. Virginia and Seton Hall vs. Michigan State.
NIGERIA PROMISE TO BE READY FOR 2003 ALL-AFRICA GAMES
Nigeria pledged on Thursday that the building of facilities will be completed in time to host the All-Africa Games in 2003.
ATHENS CHIEF SAYS SHOCK RESIGNATION WILL NOT UPSET PREPARATIONS FOR GAMES
Greek Olympic chief Gianna Angelopoulos said on Monday that the sudden resignation of her number two would not upset the Athens 2004 Games preparations.
TALKSPORT WINS ENGLAND TOUR RIGHTS
UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has won exclusive rights to broadcast England's next two cricket tours of Sri Lanka.
TIGER?S JAUNT GOES LIVE ON ESPN
ESPN International is to broadcast live coverage of all four rounds of the 2000 World Golf Championship ? EMC World Cup.
BBC CONSIDERS RIGHTS OFFER FOR BOXING GOLD MEDALIST
British Olympic boxing gold medalist Audley Harrison is in talks with BBC executives, which could lead to the boxer?s fights being broadcast on terrestrial television.
CART APPOINTS PR AGENCY
CART has appointed Minneapolis-based public relations agency the Tunheim Group as its public relations agency.
RUGBY ROLE FOR OCTAGON?S PAUL VAUGHAN
Paul Vaughan, executive vice president of Octagon Marketing is set to become the next commercial director of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
BETTING ON CRICKET HAS BECOME MAJOR RACKET, SAYS REPORT
Betting on cricket has become one of India's biggest organised rackets both in terms of money and volume of deals, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report into match-fixing.
NASCAR APPOINTS NEW VP OF BROADCASTING
NASCAR has appointed Paul Brooks to oversee a new office that the sanctioning body is opening in Los Angeles to help provide a stronger presence on the West Coast.
GREEK PM SACKS ATHENS OLYMPICS OFFICIAL
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis has sacked a senior 2004 Athens Games organiser for publicly squabbling with a minister a day after the premier had called for restraint.
BRAZIL TO GET FIRST GOLF TOUR
The Brazilian Golf Confederation has signed a five-year rights deal with Brazilian sports marketing company Speed Sports for the country?s first golf tour.
IOC WEB BAN BLASTED AS `SHORTSIGHTED?
The IOC?s decision to ban any Olympic Games broadcast on the internet has been blasted by some of the world?s biggest online news services.
EBERSOL DEFENDS NBC GAMES COVERAGE
NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol has defended the network?s broadcast strategy for the Sydney Olympics in the face of disappointing ratings.
NBC HOPES TRACK & FIELD WILL TURN VIEWERS ON
As the track and field stage of the Olympics gets underway, NBC will be hoping for a reversal of its fortunes.
NO FAST BUCKS FOR TOUTS AT RECORD GAMES
Ticket touts have flown into Sydney from around the world but their hopes of making a fast buck from the Olympics have been dashed.
PITCHES SET FOR OLYMPIC KICK-OFF
Australian Olympics officials have said they were confident the relaid soccer pitches in Melbourne and Canberra would be in suitable condition for the Sydney Games events starting on September 13.
NFL KICKS OFF WITH RECORD TV COVERAGE
NFL action will be broadcast in a record 194 countries as the new season kicks-off.