Media

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

ABC and ESPN, The Disney-owned outlets are thought to have out-foxed Fox Sports in the battle for the broadcast and cable TV rights to the National Hockey League.

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.

Universal McCann has picked up the media planning and buying account for the launch of new TV channel Manchester United TV.

Australian Olympic chiefs have said that people caught making, importing or trafficking "hard" sports drugs should face the same penalties as for narcotics - meaning steroid dealers could face life imprisonment.

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.

Titan Sports Inc, parent company of World Wrestling Federation have bought Debbie Reynold Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The company behind plans to set up a European super league has met UEFA officials for the first time to discuss the idea.

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.

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 ATP Tour have appointed Fran Michelman as vice president of public relations.

UEFA, battling to avert the creation of a breakaway Super League, it may merge two of Europe's three major competitions.

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.

Asia's economic crisis has begun to bite into Singapore's professional soccer league, with players being forced to take a pay cut, a source close to the island state's national team has said.