Media

United Airlines has appointed Craigie Taylor International as sponsorship agency for its latest venture ? the British Sydney 40 entry in the Admirals Cup.

English premiership club Tottenham Hotspur Plc said sport and media group ENIC had completed its purchase of former chairman Alan Sugar's 26.9 percent holding, worth around 22 million pounds.

Teamtalk.com has acquired the German sports radio group MMC for #2.3m ($3.34m ) and the American website RacingOne.com, for #1.2m ($1.74m ) .

ESPN.com remains the leader of sports internet producers, according to January Media Metrix figures.

Korean electronics giant Samsung has signed what is thought to be the biggest sports sponsorship deal in Asian history as a partner of the 2002 Asian Games.

Philip Morris, owners of the Marlboro tobacco brand, may be considering exiting Formula One at the end of the 2002 season.

New South Wales-based local authority Liverpool council has approved a major deal with the Bulldogs Leagues Club for a Aus$700 million ($382.3million) club, water recreation park, football stadium and indoor arena.

The Williams tennis sisters Venus and Serena have won their cases to evict cyber-squatters from contested domain names, arbitrators have ruled.

Germany's EM.TV & Merchandising said talks on a rescue bid by rival media group Kirch would continue but the embattled company declined to comment whether the discussions remained exclusive.

UK commercial radio station TalkSPORT has teamed up with Rivals.net - the network of more than 300 independent sports websites - to partner its "The Big Ticket" promotion next month.

Former England soccer coach Kevin Keegan has won #150,000 ($220,000) in damages and an apology from a tabloid Sunday newspaper on Friday over allegations of widespread betting in his squad.

Sports and Outdoor Media (SOMI) is rebranding following its acquisition by Sportsworld Media Group last March.

Ted Leonsis, owner of the NHL's Washington Capitols and president of AOL Interactive Properties Group told delegates at the 23rd annual Sport Summit Trade Show and Conference in New York that "Sport is broken"- but indicated that the internet can fix it.

Belgian Football Association President Michel D'Hooghe said on Monday he was resigning as chairman and executive committee member in June.

The Levi's jeans brand is to make its Super Bowl advertising debut with a new multi-part television commercial, online activities and a retail programme.

The Mexican national soccer team has signed a partnership with US national Spanish-language television network Telemundo to broadcast all of Mexico's exhibition and official games.