Media

Australian broadcaster the Seven Network Ltd has said its pay-TV unit C7 is to take a stake in digital broadband services provider Access1 Ltd as part of a content alliance.

UK all-sport radio station talkSPORT says it is being `robbed? of ratings after a survey revealed many listeners mistook its broadcasts for that of its rival the BBC.

Bookmakers have opposed the British government's decision to sell the state-owned Tote betting business to the racing industry on grounds it would be a virtual monopoly.

The first dedicated worldwide football betting Internet service has been launched.

The Internet could provide $1 billion in new revenue for Europe's top football clubs within the next 10 years, according to a UEFA newsletter.

European soccer's showcase club competition, the Champions League, should be shorter, according to Bayern Munich commercial manager Uli Hoeness.

Artificial turf can be used for official international matches outside the finals of FIFA competitions, world soccer's governing body has said.

While European soccer continues to enjoy massive popularity racism remains a cloud over the sport in some territories. The issue may, primarily, be a social concern but there may be long-term commercial implications for the corporations who pour millions into the sport in sponsorship.

Italian Serie A club Lazio has said it plans to leave Rome's Olympic stadium and move to a new ground.

The beleaguered organisers of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games have suffered a second blow in two days when the official broadcaster suspended its advertising contract.

A group of Icelandic businessmen and an investment bank are in talks about buying a majority stake in English second division soccer club Stoke City, an Icelandic banker said.

The impact of a biennial World Cup could cost European soccer at least $1billion over an eight-year cycle and severely damage European soccer until at least the year 2016 says a study of the plan ommissioned by UEFA.

Latin America?s Octagon Koch Tavares has signed a deal to be exclusive marketing agency for the Brazilian Tennis Confederation (CBT).

A proposed sell-off of Britain's state-owned horse race betting business - The Tote - is still under review, a government official has said.

The latest professional sports study published by Paul Kagan Associates, has concluded that $4 billion worth of proposed new stadium construction will revive fan interest in some of Major League Baseball's depressed markets.

The president and other officials of the International Boxing Federation have been indicted for bribery, charged with selling rankings to boxers over the past 14 years for as much as $100,000.