Media
AFL COMMISSIONER FACES AXE
The president of AFL club Carlton, John Elliott, has summoned all his counterparts to a meeting in Melbourne next Tuesday with a view to challenging the existing AFL Commission.
FIA WARNS OVER EM.TV KIRCH F1 DEAL
The proposed deal for German media groups EM.TV and Kirch to buy a further stake in Formula One may not be approved, International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley said.
CELTIC LEAGUE GETS GO-AHEAD
A new Celtic League involving teams from Scotland, Ireland and Wales will start in August, rugby union officials have said.
TV DEMANDS ON JUMPERS A ?DISGRACE?
Competitors at an athletics competition have been critical of the demands placed on them by live cable television coverage.
SCHUMACHER FEARS EM.TV/KIRCH DEAL
Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher has expressed fears over the proposed deal to sell another 25 per cent stake in SLEC, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone?s family trust which holds the commercial rights to the sport.
CHINA COURTS IOC OFFICIALS FOR 2008 BID
China urged International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates arriving on Monday to assess Beijing's bid for the 2008 Games to focus on its credentials as a "sports superpower of 1.2 billion people", not its human rights record.
CARLTON AND UNITED BREWERIES NEW AFL SPONSOR
The Australian Football League has confirmed that Carlton & United Breweries would replace Coca-Cola as the AFL's naming rights sponsor from this year in a four-year deal, as reported by sportbusiness.com last week.
VASCO DA GAMA ON VERGE OF LIQUIDATION
Brazilian football giants Vasco da Gama are reported to be on the brink of liquidation, with the club facing a lawsuit over a breach of contract which could cost $40million.
AUSTRALIA TO REVIEW FREE-TO-AIR SPORTS
THE list of sporting events that should be available first on free-to-air television may be revised after an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Authority.
MORE WEB PAIN AS BROADBAND GOES BUST
Another dot com has gone bust with Los Angeles-based sports media company BroadbandSports forced to shut down.
PLAYER TRANSFER TALKS TO CONTINUE
Soccer officials, lawyers and European Commission experts held a series of meetings on Friday in a bid to thrash out a compromise deal on a new transfer system.
STADIUM COMPROMISE NEEDED, SAYS MAYOR
A proposal to renovate Albuquerque?s Sports Stadium has prompted Mayor Jim Baca to concede that a compromise with city councilors will be needed to bring baseball back to Albuquerque.
ECCLESTONE MAY BLOCK KIRCH DEAL
Formula One racing promoter Bernie Ecclestone may yet block a rescue deal agreed between troubled German media group EM.TV and its privately owned rival Kirch.
ECCLESTONE TIGHT-LIPPED OVER KIRCH DEAL
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone may find himself head-to-head with EM.TV founder Thomas Haffa after the German media group agreed a rescue package which hands the Kirch empire a share in Formula One. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
SAMSUNG SIGNS RECORD ASIAN GAMES DEAL
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.
EUROSPORT OWNER UNDERGOES RIGHTS REVIEW.
Eurosport is renegotiating its key rights agreements with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) under the channel's new owner, French broadcaster TF1.
SPORTS.COM ADDS BETTING TO WEBSITE
European sporting website, sports.com, has launched an online betting service in the United Kingdom.
EM.TV RESCUE DEAL RAISES FORMULA ONE CONFUSION
German media group EM.TV has gone a long way to guaranteeing its future by signing a rescue agreement with its privately owned rival Kirch.