Media

Hungary hopes to score a first on the Internet by broadcasting a soccer game live on the web later this month, a local sports newspaper reported.

The English Football Association has announced a five-year extension to its existing agreement with national team kit supplier Umbro.

The cancellation of Saturday's heavyweight-championship bout between Evander Holyfield and Henry Akinwande has left the cable industry with a sizable bill.

US racetrack operator Churchill Downs has appointed John H. Willie senior vice president, marketing, from the end of the month..

WEMBLEY, the leisure group, is handing back cash to investors by way of a share buy-back. Almost half its capital will be returned to shareholders following the planned #103m sale of its stadium to English National Stadium Trust.

A new study into the potential impact of the $A5 billion Docklands development in Melbourne, which includes a major new stadium project, concludes that the city's Central Business District propertymarket could be squeezed.

Australian watchdog, the Australian Broadcasting Authority, has announced it will review the use by commercial television company, Seven Network, of new "virtual billboard" advertising during sporting event broadcasts.

The future of traditional football pools betting in the UK is under threat.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is aiming to cash in on a bid to lure England's top football clubs into a European football superleague, The Independent newspaper reported.

ABC and ESPN, The Disney-owned outlets are thought to have out-foxed Fox Sports in the battle for the broadcast and cable TV rights to the National Hockey League.

ESPN will televise the National Football League (NFL) prime-time schedule of 35 regular-season games per year through the year 2000.

The European Commission has asked for more details of the proposed European Super League following a meeting with Media Partners, the company behind the project.

South Africa are to experiment with the use of a television referee to assist match officials.

French pay television company Canal Plus is in talks with four more Italian football clubs following its recent broadcasting rights accord with the country's four main teams, a company official has said.

A psychiatrist's evaluation of Mike Tyson's mental state could be made public as early as Friday, despite efforts by attorneys for the former heavyweight champion to keep them confidential.

Xerox is to be an official sponsor of Rugby World Cup 1999 to be hosted by Welsh Rugby Union.