Media

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 Network Ltd has said that it had secured subscription television rights to cricket in Australia.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has said he was confident that UEFA's plans to reform their club competitions would prevent the creation of a breakaway European Super League.

English football club Aston Villa has said night they had been talking to media organisations about possible future co-operation.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB pay television giant may face a 700 million pound ($1.18 billion) challenge to its bid to buy top English soccer club Manchester United Plc , newspapers reported on Monday.

Tottenham Hotspur have turned down a proposed takeover bid from leisure group ENIC, according to the London Stock Exchange.

German Soccer Federation (DFB) president Egidius Braun has said he had been hurt by critics and was considering retirement.

CBS's NFL broadcasts saw lower figures in the past week, while Fox ratings brought mixed numbers.

Spain's digital platforms have begun talks to seek EU approval for a single operator in Spain, and expressed willingness to share their Soccer Pay-TV rights

Japan's Sony Corp has denied a newspaper report that said the electronics giant had offered 220 million pounds to buy English soccer club Newcastle United.

British investment company ENIC Plc has announced the acquisition of an interest in Swiss soccer club FC Basel, continuing the recent rash of corporate merger and take-over activity in the soccer sector.

Expectations of a swift counter-attack by a rival bidder to Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB for famed English soccer club Manchester United have faded as two rumoured candidates stepped off the pitch.

South Africa are to experiment with the use of a television referee to assist match officials.

Advertisers, invited for the first time to a sports trade show here, have warned sporting event organisers that they should not milk their events for money.

Talks have heated up in Cablevision System Corp.'s negotiations to buy the New York Yankees, with an offer that could leave the Yankess owner controlling three of the regions pro-sports franchises.

The consortium that holds exclusive broadcasting rights to the 2002 and 2006 World Cup soccer tournaments will allow the events to be shown on non-subscription television stations, according to an official of consortium member ISL.