Media
ANSETT CUP TELECASTS HALVED
The Australian Football League will cut coverage of the 2001 pre-season Ansett Cup by half to avoid over-exposure. The Seven Network Limited will televise only 14 out of 27 games.
COSTA RICA HITS SPORTS BETTING JACKPOT.
Costa Rica has set itself up as the offshore gambling capital of the world with large quantities of US cash entering the country in the lead up to the start of the American football season
CANADIENS HOCKEY TEAM ATTRACTS BIG BUYER INTEREST
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.
ENIC BIDS AGAIN FOR SPURS
Entertainment, sports and media group ENIC plc has offered to buy most of the 40% stake in Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur held by its chairman Alan Sugar, the Independent on Sunday reported.
OAKLAND A?S GO INTERACTIVE
Microsoft WebTV Networks, and the Oakland A's are to air 24 of the team?s baseball games on the Microsoft WebTV Plus service.
IBM LAUNCHES FAN SITE, DISCUSSES RIVAL URL
IBM has begun a new version of its Olympic fan-mail service (www.fanmail.olympic.ibm.com), expected to handle 1million e-mails for athletes during the Sydney Games.
NEW SPOKESPERSON APPOINTED FOR PREMIER LEAGUE
The Premier League has appointed Philip French to succeed Mike Lee as its new chief spokesman and media manager.
EXCLUSIVE RADIO DEAL SIGNED FOR HOLYFIELD BOUT
Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports will present the exclusive radio broadcast of Showtime championship boxing?s doubleheader featuring Evander Holyfield vs. John Ruiz.
ESPN STAR SPORTS RECORDS RATINGS HITS
ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Asia?s largest sports broadcaster, is celebrating a ratings hit double-header.
CENTREBET GAMBLES ON NEW OFFICES
Australian sports betting firm Centrebet has moved from its offices on the Pioneer Park racecourse.
ABSENT VOTER DEMPSEY ? `I QUIT?
Oceania's FIFA representative, who created an international storm after he abstained from a close vote that gave the 2006 World Cup to Germany, has said he would retire at the end of September.
BETS END FOR 2006 WORLD CUP ? WITH SOUTH AFRICA HOT FAVOURITES
After taking bets for over two years on who will win the right to stage the World Cup 2006, UK betting firm William Hill have finally closed their book ? just days before the FIFA executive committee finally votes on who will stage the tournament.
FOX & NBC SNUB BASEBALL RIGHTS PRICE HIKE
Major League Baseball?s plans to triple its broadcast rights in 2001 have been snubbed by two of the US?s leading broadcasters.
RIVALS.COM IN MANAGEMENT RESHUFFLE
Rivals.com, the online network consisting of hundreds of team and affinity channels, has named Mark Shuken as its new president.
ENGLAND SET FOR URGENT MEETING OVER HOOLIGANS
English soccer chiefs were planning to hold an urgent meeting with European governing body UEFA today in a bid to stop a new generation of hooligans from destroying their Euro 2000 campaign and seriously undermining their 2006 World Cup bid.
BSKYB STILL TOP BET TO SCOOP FOOTBALL PRIZE
British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) is expected to land the main prize in the scramble to televise England's Premier League football.
USOC CANCELS 2000 CONGRESS
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has canceled the 200 Olympic Congress, according to a report in Sports Travel Magazine.
IBETCHA.COM ROLLS OUT $1 MILLION PROMO
Online gaming Web site ibetcha.com is to give away $1 million to internet users who ?bet? in its "Extreme $1 Million NBA Challenge".