Events

The $463 million Stadium Australia taking shape in western Sydney will not only be the biggest ever built for an Olympic Games, but from a business point of view, by far the best.

Over a thousand French fans visit the Stade de France each day to savour the scene of last month's World Cup triumph, a stadium official has said.

Timex have re-signed a sponsorship deal for the London Triathlon.

Mobile telecommunications company Ericsson has announced a three-year sponsorship with English Rugby Football Club Wasps.

The Commonwealth Games organising committee has said that Australian team boss Perry Crosswhite had denied questioning Malaysia's ability to manage the games next month.

Cricket authorities are likely to come under pressure to increase the jurisdiction of the third umpire following the planned use of slow motion replays in non-televised matches at next month's Commonwealth Games.

The National Hockey League's Board of Governor's has approved a five-year, $600 million contract giving the Walt Disney Co.'s ABC-TV and ESPN cable networks rights to air the league's games, sources with knowledge of the board's action said Friday.

Dr S. Robert Contiguglia has been elected President of the US Soccer Federation and confirmed that the US will bid for the 2010 World Cup.

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.

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is reported to be in talks to buy English Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur Plc in a deal said to be worth millions of pounds, according to English newspaper The Guardian.

The average price of middle-range Games tickets is expected to hit about AUS$100 in the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ticketing package, to be released in Sydney today.

Saban Entertainment and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) have named Hasbro, Inc. as the master toy and game licensee for the children's television series being jointly developed by Fox Kids Network and NASCAR.

Money spent on facilities for the 16th Commonwealth Games is not a waste especially when they will also be used for future events, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said.

Share prices at Newcastle United rose 12% with the appointment of Ruud Gullit as manager.

A reassuring progress report on Euro 2000 has been issued by tournament director Alain Cortais.

Saturday's Grand Prix final will be staged in Moscow as planned despite security fears among leading competitors, the International Amateur Athletic Federation has said.