Media

Hungarian Grand Prix chief Ferenc Studniczky has resigned, according to local media reports.

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.

The World Health Organization has put forward a proposal document that would phase out tobacco sponsorship deals and advertising in newspapers, magazines and on the internet.

CBS will earn more than $360 million from its advertising spots during its television broadcast of the Super Bowl. The US National Football League finals match will be held on 28 January 2001, and the list of advertisers will be notable for the absence of most of the dotcom companies which advertised in 2000, many of which crashed in the April 2000 "tech-wreck" stock price crash.

The Senior PGA Tour?s decision to award its broadcast rights to CNBC has paid early dividends.

Sportinglife.com has finalised a deal with MSN.co.uk, to be the sole provider of live sports content for its football and sports channels.

Turkey's soccer authorities will hold a tender for broadcasting rights next week in a bid to resolve a quarrel which has prevented the restart of the domestic season.

Seven Network Limited has advised the Australian Football League that it would not accept its offer to match the News Limited led consortium bid for broadcast television rights for seasons 2002-2006.

Comedian Dennis Miller, who has drawn mixed reviews for his first season of televised gridiron commentary, apparently will be back next fall for more ranting on ABC's "Monday Night Football" broadcast.

The troubled Millennium Cup soccer tournament has suffered a fresh setback with officials canceling a third-place playoff to cut losses.

130 million viewers will witness the debut of a new sport broadcast technology during the 2001 Super Bowl.

France's soccer team may still be world champions, but the country's accountants have issued a red card to the French state for lavishly funding the 1998 World Cup and a new space-age stadium at taxpayers' expense.

ESPN - in conjunction with several of its affiliates and advertisers and the National Hockey League - will conduct a single-screen interactive television test during NHL All-Star Saturday and the Winter X Games on February 3.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has recruited Ezra Kucharz into the new position of managing director, advanced media.

Premier League soccer club Leeds United is to translate its website into seven languages across Asia and webcast the site via CrazyEsoccer.com, an established Asian football site.

Sportbusiness.com has obtained the full report by US stockbrokers AG Edwards, which downgraded CART shares last week ?due to uncertainty in regards to our ISL sponsorship guarantee?.