Sponsorship & Marketing
Business

Go Racing, a consortium including Sky TV and Channel Four, said it had agreed a deal that could ensure the BBC continues to cover horseracing.
Business

Istanbul-based soccer club Galatasaray is planning an initial public offering of between 10 and 15 per cent of Galatasaray Sportif, its marketing arm.
Events

National Mobile Television (NMT), the provider of mobile television production equipment, has agreed to permanently install Sportvision?s video insertion technologies on NMT trucks in the U.S.
Media

International Management Group have added to their portfolio of rugby union clients by entering into a five-year agreement with South African side Natal Sharks. IMG will represent the Super 12 club in future commercial deals.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The European Broadcasting Union has chosen a former UEFA executive to take over as controller of sport.
Events

Rivals.net is sponsoring a package of interactive initiatives across Channel 4's Football Italia programming, magazine and website.
Events

Sportvision, Inc., the US-based sports media technology, has appointed Steven F. Roberts to executive vice president, Product Management, and promoted Russell Quy to executive producer and vice president, Media Production.
Business

Paul Vaughan, executive vice president of Octagon Marketing is set to become the next commercial director of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
Sponsorship & Marketing

GMX AG, the largest German e-mail and messaging company on the German internet and European sports content, provider Sports.com have agreed to produce a new co-branded sports channel called ?GMX Sport?.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is considering building new grounds for the 2007 World Cup rather than improving existing venues.
Business

Real Madrid members have approved the largest budget in the history of Spanish football at the first general assembly called by new president Florentino Perez.
Business

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are in talks with a major energy company to take over from Cornhill Insurance as title sponsor of England's home test matches.
Business

German sportswear and equipment maker Adidas-Salomon AG has reported a sharp fall in nine-month net profit but said it was on track to meet its full-year earnings target thanks to strong sales growth.
Business

Host Communications is to collaborate with the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics to launch a unique, three-year UK Sports Marketing certification programme in 2001.
Media

Channel 4 has made a joint submission with BSkyB and Arena for the rights to televise British horseracing. The bid is worth a projected #750m over 10 years.
Business

BMCMedia has been appointed by the Walt Disney Internet Group to represent football web site Soccernet, in all major markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.
Business

The directors of Sport4cast have announced a delay in the expected admission date of Sport4Cast to the Alternative Investment Market, previously scheduled for 3 November 2000.
Sponsorship & Marketing

World cycling chief Hein Verbruggen said the International Cycling Union (UCI) could not be responsible for drug-taking in the sport.