Media
SKY SIGNS SPEEDWAY TV DEAL
The UK?s Sky Sports channel has signed a five-year deal with the British Speedway Promoters? Association for the broadcast rights to all British Speedway.
CRONJE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION OVER BAN
Hansie Cronje's lawyers say the United Cricket Board (UCB) offer of rehabilitation for the banned former South Africa captain will not stop him challenging the ban in court.
ATHENS ISSUES BANK SPONSORS SHORTLIST
Athens organisers have picked a shortlist of five banks as sponsors for the 2004 Olympics Games.
HORSE RACING GETS GO-AHEAD
Michigan Racing commissioner Annette M. Bacola has signed orders authorizing 606 days of live horse racing for 2001.
TALKSPORT AUDIENCE CONTINUES TO GROW
UK commercial sport radio station, talkSPORT has recorded a rise in audience figures.
GROWTH IN GERMAN DIGITAL TV UPTAKE, SAYS REPORT
Germany's digital TV market is finally showing signs of growth, according to figures released by a German consumer electronics association.
TOTALBET.COM OFFERS DIRECT-TO-POOL BETTING ON US HORSE RACING
Totalbet.com, the e-betting joint venture between the Tote and PA Sporting Life Limited, has become the first UK betting site to offer direct-to-pool betting on US horse racing pools.
CHANNEL 4 LEADS RACE FOR BRITISH HORSE-RACING
Channel 4 has made a joint submission with BSkyB and Arena for the rights to televise British horseracing. The bid is worth a projected #750m over 10 years.
BROADBAND SPORTS TRAFFIC SURGES
Online media content producer Broadband Sports saw its consolidated online traffic surge to an all-time high of nearly two million unique visitors in September 2000.
SQUASH SIGNS $10m SPONSORSHIP DEAL
The Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA) has entered into an eight-year deal with Fablon Investments which is worth more than $10m to the women's game.
AUSTRALIA COLLECTS $1.4BN FROM SYDNEY OLYMPICS
Australia has benefited to the tune of $1.4billion from Olympic-based income during September, pushing the trade balance into surplus for the first time in three years.
NBA SIGNS BROADCASTING DEALS IN JAPAN AND TURKEY
The NBA has reached a television agreement with Digiturk (Turkey) to launch a 24-hour basketball channel and has renewed its agreement with NHK (Japan) to include a 60-minute programme on NHK?s terrestrial channel.
BETTING ON CRICKET HAS BECOME MAJOR RACKET, SAYS REPORT
Betting on cricket has become one of India's biggest organised rackets both in terms of money and volume of deals, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report into match-fixing.
SPANISH LEAGUE CLOSE TO $1BN IN DEBT
The total debt of Spanish Primera Liga clubs reached a grand total of SP189bn ($970m) in 1998/9, according to a new survey.
SWEDISH PROBE INTO `BRIBE? CLAIMS OVER OLYMPIC BID
The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.
RFU AIMS FOR NUMBER ONE RUGBY SPOT
Francis Baron, chief executive of the English Rugby Union, aims to make England the number one rugby nation in the world as part of the unions soon to be announced 8-year Strategic Plan.
BRAZIL ANGRY OVER BLATTER’S WORLD CUP THREAT
Brazilians have hit out at Sepp Blatter after the FIFA president threatened in a magazine interview to kick the country out of the 2002 World Cup.
NBCOLYMPICS.COM RATED TOP SYDNEY SITE
Nielsen Net Ratings has hailed NBCOlympics.com the Sydney Olympic web site champion for the US audience.