Media

Australian media group Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) has confirmed its Nine Network has been selected by Indian broadcaster Doordarshan to produce television coverage of international cricket played in India.

Univision, the leading Spanish-language television broadcast company in the United States, is to broadcast the "Copa Oro 2000" (Gold Cup) tournament, beginning on Sunday, February 13.

Sports Internet Group has said it is teaming up with British Internet company Freeserve Plc to form an online gambling service.

SportsLine.com has appointed Joe Ferreira to the position of Vice President, Programming.

Electronic Arts, the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, has reached an exclusive agreement with Michael Jordan to be a spokesperson for the EA Sports' brand and appear in the company's sports interactive games, including the popular NBA LIVE basketball game.

Sydney 2000 Olympic sponsors will begin advertising on the first ever commercial Olympic Games internet site from next month.

Senior motorsport executives in the States have announced the formation of a new sanctioning body whose primary focus will be the organisation of professional road racing throughout North America.

Television companies attacked sports clubs this week for demanding exorbitant fees for the rights to transmit top events and said the trend was harming viewers, broadcasters and sports themselves.

Houston has won the battle for the prized NFL franchise.

Quokka Sports and British Telecommunications (BT) have teamed up to provide live Web site coverage of "the world's toughest yacht race", the BT Global Challenge 2000-01.

Richard Nanula has been named CEO of Broadband Sports Inc., the

Guinness announced a 15 per cent sales increase in the UK for the September/October period during which they sponsored the Rugby World Cup.

A $461 million deal to sell the Colorado Avalanche hockey team, the Denver Nuggets basketball team and a sports arena to Colorado billionaire Donald Sturm has fallen through, a spokesman for the owners has said.

British Telecom has rebutted a report claiming that the company is planning to bid for Premier League rights.

ISL United States has launched collegefootballplayoff.com, a web site designed to provide Division I-A college football with a play-off route to determine college football's national champion on the field.

Media Partners, the company behind the failed bid to launch a European Super League, says it is ready to launch another attempt to set up a privately-run elite soccer competition.