Media
SPECULATION MOUNTS MURDOCH TO BUY INTO LA LAKERS
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's Fox Group on has announced a news conference amid speculation it was set to expand its sports holdings from baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers to basketball's L.A. Lakers.
MURDOCH MOVES ON DEALS FOR MORE L.A. TEAMS
Rupert Murdoch's Fox Group has expanded its sports empire by pushing ahead with an agreement to take a stake in a new arena in Loa Angeles and options in the Los Angeles Lakers basketball and Kings hockey teams.
YANKEES TO GET NEW BALL PARK. BUT WHERE?
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Monday has announced a financing plan to build a new baseball stadium for the Yankees, but he won't say where it will be.
IRANIAN WOMEN SOON TO PLAY SOCCER, OFFICIALS SAY
Iranian women will soon be able to play football, one of the Islamic republic's most prominent sports officials has said.
HUNGARORING EXPECTED TO POST LOSSES
The Formula-1 race organiser Hungaroring Sport(HS)Rt expects to post a loss because domestic broadcaster MTV cannot pay the rights fees, according to chairman Janos Bereny.
HUNGARY PLANS LIVE ACTION WEB BROADCAST
Hungary hopes to score a first on the Internet by broadcasting a soccer game live on the web later this month, a local sports newspaper reported.
OLYMPICS-DRUGS WARNING FOR SYDNEY 2000 GAMES
The Sydney 2000 Olympics are in danger of becoming the
AUSTRALIAN SPONSORSHIP SECTOR FEELS THE OLYMPIC PINCH
Sports management groups in Australia say that sponsorship dollars are harder to come by because they are being siphoned off to Olympic contracts, the Australian Financial review reports.
RUSSELL WOLFF JOINS ESPN STAR SPORTS
Russell E Wolff has been appointed Vice President, Programming at ESPN STAR Sports.
CBC TO BROADCAST COMMONWEALTH GAMES
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has become the latest to sign up as a rights holder for the KL Commonwealth Games.
UHLSPORT ACQUISITION PREDICTED BY GERMAN MEDIA
German sportswear company Uhlsport, which filed for bankruptcy in March is set to get a new owner.
CHINA VOWS TO INTENSIFY DOPING CRACKDOWN
Chinese swimming officials have vowed to intensify a crackdown on drug abuse by conducting more tests and slapping life bans on steroid cheats, state media has said.
MANCHESTER PROJECTS VIBRANT IMAGE FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Rapidly shedding its image as a grey, northern industrial city, Manchester will project a youthful, vibrant image at the first Commonwealth Games of the new millennium.
ROMANIA’S IORDANESCU SLAMS FEDERATION AGAIN
Romanian national coach Anghel Iordanescu has accused the country's soccer authorities of endangering the country's World Cup chances by denying him funds, facilities and competitive warm-up matches.
SWEDISH BROADCASTER SVT CLAIM AGIANST CANAL+
Terrestrial Swedish television company SVT, are claiming damages of 500 000 Swedish Krona ($66,000) from ISPR.
API AND ADVANTAGE MERGE
Two of the world?s leading sports marketing companies have merged under the umbrella of the acquisitive Octagon group.
NEWMARKET UNVEILS GRANDSTAND SCHEME
Newmarket, headquarters of British flat racing, on Monday unveiled plans for a new stand, the most expensive project at a British racecourse.
STAR SPORTS CRICKET SCORES IN INDIA
STAR Sports new pay channel service delivered record viewing figures for the Sharjah Cricket final, between India and Australia, broadcast on April 24th.