Media
Events

Asian sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the exclusive terrestrial, cable and satellite television broadcast rights of the English Premier League for the next three seasons beginning August 2001.
Business

Brazilian football giants Vasco da Gama are reported to be on the brink of liquidation, with the club facing a lawsuit over a breach of contract which could cost $40million.
Business

Six months ago, the news that Britain was to challenge for the 2003 America's Cup would have caused barely a ripple of interest in the nation.
Business

Analysts have expressed scepticism about the immediate benefits Manchester United will reap from its joint marketing deal with the New York Yankees.
Media

Former French great Eric Cantona has launched a scathing attack on European soccer `s commercial "mafia".
Media

Bernie Ecclestone has been quoted as saying he had no immediate plans to relinquish control of Formula One.
Media

Uniforms to be worn by Salt Lake Organizing Committee staff, course workers and volunteers for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games will be bright, colour-coordinated, and costly.
Media

German media giant Kirch Group said today it assumes exclusive talks with EM.TV & Merchandising on its proposed rescue bid will continue if no deal is reached by January 31.
Events

130 million viewers will witness the debut of a new sport broadcast technology during the 2001 Super Bowl.
Business

ISL has denied press reports that it is facing a `$1bn financial crisis? ? or that it is on the verge of terminating its deal with the ATP for the television and marketing rights to the Tennis Masters Series.
Business

Molson Inc. has a tentative deal to sell its fabled but struggling Montreal Canadiens hockey club to a U.S.-backed group, but will keep a minority interest.
Media

The Worldwide Fund for Nature has said plans to build an Olympic rowing and canoeing centre for the 2004 Athens Games would threaten the environment and break European Union nature conservation laws.
Events

The British Broadcasting Corporation?s Outside Broadcasts Special Facilities team is to install the world's first slalom gate cameras for a new extreme sports event in Stockholm.
Business

Hong Kong's top policeman said on Tuesday an investigation had been ordered into an illegal soccer gambling ring suspected to involve police officers.
Events

International sports agency Prisma will meet with UK free-to-air broadcasters ITV and the BBC next month in an effort to break the deadlock over negotiations for the UK rights to the 2002 World Cup.
Business

A proposed ban on cigarette advertisements in Hungary has shocked tobacco producers and could jeopardise Formula One races in the country.
Business

Rob Avis, former sales director of TheStreet.co.uk, has been snapped up by Rivals.net - the UK-based network of independent sports sites - to be its first commercial director.
Business

Los Angeles has made a bid to host the summer Olympic Games for an unprecedented third time, saying it had the finance, facilities and experience that would allow Olympic officials to "sleep at night."