Events
BROWNS’ OWNERSHIP RACE HOTS UP
The field of candidates to buy the NFL expansion team the Cleveland Browns has narrowed, with three of seven bidders dropping out.
TECHNOLOGY TO BE TESTED BEFORE GAMES
The technology system for the Kuala Lumpur 98 Commonwealth Games will be fully tested for two days prior to the Games to ensure there are no hitches when the eventsstart.
ENIC MAY LAUNCH RIVAL MAN UTD BID
British leisure group Enic Plc is poised to join in the bidding for British soccer club Manchester United Plc, according to the Financial Times.
UNITED FANS PLAN PROTEST AGAINST MURDOCH BID
Manchester United fans are planning a mass protest against Rupert Murdoch's bid for Britain's most celebrated soccer club in a spirited attempt to defy market forces.
BROWNS FRANCHISE GOES FOR $530 MILLION
National Football League owners have accepted a $530 million bid for the expansion Cleveland Browns from businessman Alfred Lerner following one of the most intense bidding wars in sports history.
MAHATHIR HITS OUT AT UNFRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MEDIA
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has hit out on at
STADIUM NAME TO COST A$ 30 MILLION
The naming deal for Sydney's Olympic Stadium is expected to be worth more than $A30m.
FOX CASHES IN ON HOMER MANIA
St. Louis slugger Mark McGwire's record 62nd home run on Tuesday brought a historic rating high for the Fox network.
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.
BUSES FINDING THEIR WAY ON GAMES EVE
Drivers have got lost and some buses have simply not turned up, but team officials have said the biggest teething problem of the 16th Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur - transport - is getting better.
ABC’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL DISAPPOINTS
ABC's "Monday Night Football" is off to what's apparently its worst ratings start ever - despite hype surrounding the new early start time.
SEVEN HAS AUSTRALIAN CRICKET PAY-TV RIGHTS
Seven Network Ltd has said that it had secured subscription television rights to cricket in Australia.
ESPN PICK SAN FRANCISCO FOR 1999 X GAMES
After two events in San Diego, the 1999 X Games will be held in SanFrancisco, California from June 25-July 3, 1999, it was announced by Jeff Ruhe, ESPN senior vice president, event management.
INDONESIA AND THAILAND BANNED AFTER TIGER CUP FARCE
Thailand and Indonesia were banned from international soccer by Asia's governing body on Friday following their farcical match in last month's Tiger Cup.
BREITNER ATTACKS DFB, SAYS BECKENBAUER SHOULD HAVE ROLE
Former German international defender Paul Breitner has renewed his criticism of the German Soccer Federation (DFB) and said that Franz Beckenbauer should be given a leading role.
TOTTENHAM REJECT TAKEOVER BID
Tottenham Hotspur have turned down a proposed takeover bid from leisure group ENIC, according to the London Stock Exchange.
GERMAN FEDERATION BOSS HURT BY CRITICS, MIGHT QUIT
German Soccer Federation (DFB) president Egidius Braun has said he had been hurt by critics and was considering retirement.
NEBIOLO SAYS LONDON COULD STAGE 2003 WORLD CHAMPS
World athletics chief Primo Nebiolo has assured British Sports Minister Tony Banks that London would have a good chance of staging the 2003 world championships if proposed renovations to Wembley Stadium are completed.