Media

A deal between Fox Sports International and English terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 5 is bringing the Argentine Football League to British screens for the first time.

Australia has said it was caught in the cross-fire of a row over foreign television access to news events rather than sporting competitions at the Sydney Olympic Games but would work towards a settlement. For the full story see the FEATURES section of SportBusiness.com.

A New York/New Jersey-based team will be one of eight scheduled teams to kick off the inaugural season-of the XFL, the new professional football league jointly owned by World Wrestling Federation Entertainment and NBC.

Pressure on organisers of the Sydney Olympics to lift its ban on foreign television media from Homebush during the Games is mounting after the US joined the European Union in calls to refer the issue to the World Trade Organisation.

IBM Inc is facing an ambush of its Olympic internet rights from APN Digital, the online offshoot of Australian radio and publishing group APN News & Media Limited.

The International Olympic Committee has dismissed complaints about restrictions on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics as "a storm in a tea cup".

Money-losing Teleglobe Inc. has said it will end its sponsorship agreement with Formula One auto racing team British American Racing (BAR) at the end of the current season.

Coca-Cola, one of the biggest names in sports sponsorship, is in talks with some of Formula One's top teams, believed to include Benetton and Jordan, with the aim of entering F1 racing sponsorship for the first time.

Most of the planet's inhabitants who have access to a television set will be watching the Sydney Olympics, according to viewing projections released by the IOC.

Scottish Premier League soccer clubs Rangers and Celtic have signed a deal to broadcast games in Europe on pay-per-view television in the UK.

All tests for banned substances carried out during the 2000 Tour de France proved negative, according to the International Cycling Union (UCI).

A pair of class action, anti-trust suits have been filed in federal court in San Diego against the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League.

Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile has dismissed European Union warnings over curbs on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics, saying it was a matter for the International Olympic Committee.

The fabled Montreal Canadiens, the hockey team that has won more Stanley Cup championships than any other, has drawn the attention of several would-be buyers since brewer Molson Inc. put the team up for sale last month.

The European Union has warned Australia it may complain to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over restrictions on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympic games.

English Premier League soccer club, Aston Villa, has reported a #4.9m ($7.4m) pre-tax loss for the year to May, against #20.2m ($30m) last time.

A high-profile committee of British MPs has applauded the BBC director general Greg Dyke's determination to beef up sports coverage.

Premierwin.com and UK commercial radio station talkSPORT have teamed up in a radio and internet campaign to drive a multi-million pound Fantasy Football League ? which it claims to be the most valuable ever run on the web.