Events

Norway?s bid to stage this year?s ice hockey world championships could be scuppered by a new anti-alcohol sponsorship law.

Australian broadcaster Seven Network is reported to be offering one and two-year advertising packages to potential Olympic telecast sponsors for A$7.5 million and A$13.5 million respectively.

World athletics boss Primo Nebiolo backed on Tuesday Zurich's decision not to accept the alleged financial demands of leading sprinters Maurice Greene and Ato Boldon for the richest meeting in the sport.

Sam Chisholm the former head of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, has become a non-executive director of London soccer club Tottenham Hotspur.

NEC Australia has signed a sponsorship deal with the Western Bulldogs AFL team.

The New South Wales Police Chaplaincy Service will oversee religious observance and cater for the spiritual needs of Olympic athletes during the Sydney 2000 games.

The number of tickets sold for the September Commonwealth Games has exceededthat for the last Games in Victoria in 1994. In Victoria, 190,000 ticketswere sold.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has outlined a broad campaign to rid the sport of the scourge of doping following the scandals which plagued the Tour de France last month.

German online sports services saw a short but powerful surge in usage this summer, thanks in large part to coverage of the soccer World Cup, and some momentum has endured.

The European Commission has for the first time issued guidelines saying how competition rules should apply to the broadcasting of sports events.

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.

The largestever J-League soccer crowd turned out on Sunday night to watch J-West beat J-East 3-1 in the mid-season All-Star game.

News Corp. took the first formal step toward the public offering of stock in its and TV businesses including Fox Sports when it filed a prospectus for Fox Entertainment Group.

The man heading the Australian squad for next month's Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur has warned the team to expect logistical problems when they arrive in Malaysia.

Major League Baseball has decided it will not take a back seat to the National Football League in ESPN's September scheduling.

South Africa could host a Formula One Grand Prix race in 2001 or maybe even sooner if there is a gap in the programme, Formula One Association president Bernie Ecclestone is reported to have said.