Media

The French soccer league (LNF) has rejected bids from TF1 and Metropole Television (M6) for the right to broadcast highlights of soccer games on Sunday mornings.

Sir Rodney Walker, chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL), is believed to have told a senior UK government official that he cannot guarantee the stadium will open by May 2005 as planned.

The Gaelic Athletic Association has voted not to allow soccer matches to be played at Dublin?s Croke Park venue.

International cricket's corruption policeman has called for specific training and education for young players around the world to combat match-fixing.

Formula One motor racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone has offered to sell 50 percent of his family's stake in the sport to the motor manufacturers in a bid to quash threats of a breakaway, rival circuit, according to a UK newspaper report.

The BBC has signed a deal with virtual technology firm Symah Vision to use its Epsis Graphics system, following a successful trial period.

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclestone has said that Europe's major carmakers could wreck top-level motor racing if they proceed with their plans to set up a rival championship to F1.

The English Football League has appointed Richard Masters, 34, as its new Commercial Director.

British bookmakers expect to take bets worth up to #100m (US$143.2m ) this weekend - one of the busiest in the UK sporting calendar.

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is reviewing Perth?s future as an international venue, placing in doubt the Tri-Nations test between Australia and South Africa scheduled for August.

ESPN may set up a new cable channel dedicated to outdoor fishing and boating, following its acquisition of BASS Inc. (Bass Anglers Sportsman Society).

Sports fans in the mid-Atlantic region of the US have a new TV station after Comcast SportsNet debuted this week.

Max Mosley, the head of Formula One?s governing body, has appealed for a ?sensible arrangement? to be found by the F1 teams calling for a breakaway championship series.

KSS Sports and Leisure Design Ltd, the London-based Sports Entertainment design group, have been selected by the Haifa Economic Corporation Ltd, to masterplan and design the new Haifa Sports Complex in Israel.

ISL will buy its way out of the $1.2billion marketing, licensing and broadcasting rights deal signed with the ATP and top tournaments, according to news sources.

Comcast Corporation, which acquired Home Team Sports (HTS) from Viacom in February, has renamed the cable network Comcast SportsNet after its flagship brand in Philadelphia.