Media

Motorsport boss Max Mosley has vowed that Formula One will remain available on free-to-air television.

Ireland's three remaining Six Nations rugby union internationals have been postponed until next season because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

Major League Baseball will charge fans to listen to broadcasts of its games over the internet, according to the New York Times.

A space age design for London's premier athletics stadium at Picketts Lock was unveiled today as the Government dismissed claims it would not be built in time for the 2005 World Athletics Championships.

George Graham has been sacked by Tottenham after just over two years at the club.

Malaysian motor racing fans will be able to watch the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix at the Sepang Circuit on STAR Sports? live telecast.

Two of Europe?s broadcast giants are in talks to merge their sports operations, according to paytvtoday.com.

ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has signed multi-year agreements for Asian broadcast rights to Formula One motor racing and the leading tennis Grand Slams ? the US Open and Wimbledon.

Three Australian soccer clubs - believed to be Eastern Pride, Canberra Cosmos and Brisbane Strikers - are understood to have been told they have failed to satisfy the financial criteria set down by Soccer Australia for inclusion in the new National Soccer League next season.

Shares in Britain's bookmakers have fallen after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease threatened the Cheltenham Festival, one of the racing calendar's biggest events.

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.

Troubled sports and entertainment internet group Quokka Sports has been forced to lay off 59 percent of its 369 employees.

Bridon International, the UK-based steel wire and structural strand manufacturer, has secured a contract to supply cables for the major re-development of Lokomotiv Moscow's stadium in Russia.

Europe's biggest media group Bertelsmann AG has opened the way for a possible stock market listing through a share swap deal to take control of Europe's largest television group RTL, the Luxembourg-based owners of Munich-based sports marketing group, UFA Sports.

The management of troubled EM.TV - which part owns SLEC, Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One holding company - is deeply split over a rescue deal with media group Kirch and a supervisory board meeting on Sunday brought no breakthrough, a source familiar with the situation has said.

An increase in subscribers to Spain?s pay-TV channels ? the broadcasters of live Primera Liga soccer - has coincided with declining attendance at league matches.