Media

World motor racing body FIA said it is expecting the European Commission's antitrust department to formally outline its objections to the commercial aspects of Formula One and other championships soon.

Fox have sued Turner Broadcasting for setting up a competing cable network to Fox Sports Net South - a move which allegedly violates a non-compete agreement the two media companies signed three years ago.

Insurance giants CGU has signed a major #10 million ($16 million) sponsorship deal with UK Athletics.

Dorna Promocion del Deporte SA, holder of the commercial, TV and media rights to the FIM Road Racing (Motorcycle) World Championship Grand Prix, has struck a four-year deal with Quokka Sports Inc. for exclusive rights for the interactive media coverage for the 500 GP Motorcycle Championship.

A unit of Johannesburg listed television and software group, MIH Holdings, has said its Greek pay television operation had invested $6.25 million in a popular Greek football club.

UK sport and leisure group Enic is set to enter the on-line betting scene after newspaper reports revealed it was in discussions with independent bookmaker Victor Chandler.

Fox Sports World Espanol, the only U.S Spanish-language sports cable network, have recorded a ratings success with last month's Copa America.

There have been yet more problems at the troubled Southeast Asian Games in Brunei after the roof of the main press centre collapsed, just a week after the tiles on a nearby convention centre fell down and injured a policeman and damaged two parked cars underneath.

Talk Radio plan to invest #6m to start up the UK's first 24-hour all-sports radio station.

Total Sports, a provider of online coverage of college sports, has added

Soccer Australia has appointed the current chairman of Melbourne Water, Graeme Bowker, as an independent director to its board.

Sportech PLC, the holding company for Littlewoods Leisure, the pools betting company it acquired in September 2000, has reported that its telephone and online sports betting customer base grew to over 208,000 registered customers in the six months to June 30.

US broadcaster CNBC will premiere `Golf Portfolio? on September 9 ? a feature-driven, 30-minute magazine show exploring the global arena of golf and business.

US sports network ESPN2 is set to become the fastest cable broadcaster to reach 80 million households in September, according to predictions made by Nielsen Media Research.

Latin American pay-TV broadcaster, Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) has appointed Luis Baraldi to the post of vice president for programming, production and operations.

The president of Russian premier division soccer side Fakel Voronezh has resigned following the death of a woman during the half-time interval of a 5-0 defeat by Spartak Moscow last weekend, club officials have confirmed.