Media

Octagon UK’s success in attracting sponsors for European rugby union’s top club competitions has earned it the right to handle the event management and commercial arrangements of both the Heineken Cup and European Shield.

The town council of Spanish town Zaragoza is to demand compensation 'in image not in money' from Unipublic, the organisers of cycling’s, La Vuelta Ciclista a EspaC1a – the Tour of Spain – for not being able to broadcast the ninth stage because of strong winds.

Coverage of the UEFA Champions League by UK commercial broadcaster ITV is likely to be excluded from its planned satellite offering according to press reports.

The Board of directors at global internet sports media company SportsLine.com have repurchased up to six million shares in the Nasdaq-listed firm.

Attheraces, the UK media consortium run by BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, has appointed Simon Cooper as its communications director.

RTL Klub, the Hungarian unit of German media giant Bertelsmann , has won the broadcast rights until 2006 for Formula One motor racing, event organiser Hungaroring Rt has said.

Sportech, the London stock exchange-listed pools promotion, internet gaming, telephone betting, lotteries and lottery management company, has been awarded one of the first three online casino licences in the British Isles.

The Incepta Group has expanded its marketing services offering through the acquisition of the two leading UK sponsorship consultancies: Karen Earl Limited and Redmandarin – both of which are heavily involved in sport.

The Athens 2004 Olympic organising committee (ATHOC) has signed a deal with Athens International Airport as it ramps up plans for the Games.

Michael Jordan – the man who revolutionised athlete endorsements - has decided not to hold a news conference this week to announce whether he is coming out of retirement because of last week's terror attacks in New York and Washington.

Formula One world champions Ferrari will strip their vehicles of all sponsorship this weekend as a mark of respect to the victims of the US terror attacks.

Formula One world champions Ferrari will strip their vehicles of all sponsorship this weekend as a mark of respect to the victims of the US terror attacks.

The Press Association (PA) has become the official collector and distributor of on-course information by the UK’s horse racing governing body the British Horseracing Board (BHB) and the Racecourse Association (RCA), the owners of the rights to horse racing.

The Greg Norman International, which offers the highest purse, the best field and the biggest crowds on Australia's golfing calendar, has been scrapped after a dispute between the promoters and the Australasian PGA Tour.

UK Athletics has signed a five-year, £20m ($29.3m/B

The Seven Network and Soccer Australia have confirmed broadcast plans for the 2001/2002 soccer season.