Sponsorship & Marketing
OCTAGON SIGNS E-PHOTOMAIL SPORTS SPONSOR DEAL
E-photomail has signed a deal with sports group, Octagon Marketing, in order to extend its presence at major sporting events.
BRANDS HATCH WINS EXTRA SUPERBIKE GP
Brands Hatch is to host the final round of this season's world superbike championship on October 15 after the scheduled race was moved from Imola in Italy.
NASCAR NAMES NEW TRIO OF LICENSEES
NASCAR has signed three new licensees in the collectibles category: The Danbury Mint, the Hamilton Collection and Dusterfield Corporation.
CALLAWAY CONSOLIDATES GOLF CLUB AND GOLF BALL DIVISIONS
Callaway Golf Company is to consolidate its golf club and golf ball operations in sales, manufacturing and research and development.
BORIS BECKER, PIXELPARK FORM INTERNET PLATFORM
Three-times Wimbledon tennis champion Boris Becker is to act as front man for a new internet sports platform venture being launched by Pixelpark AG, Germany's biggest web designer.
KORBEL CHAMPAGNE NAMED OFFICIAL U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM SUPPORTER
The United States Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake Organising Committee announced have named Korbel Champagne Cellars as an Official Supporter of the 2000, 2002 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams and the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
BECKER ASKED TO PAY 10 MILLION MARKS IN TAX
Three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been asked by the German tax administration to pay 10 million marks ($4.63 million), reports the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.
NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY XFL TEAM TO PLAY AT GIANTS STADIUM
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.
NFL’S BALTIMORE RAVENS DRAFT PRIMESHOT.COM.
PrimeShot.com, the professional event photography service, is to partner the Baltimore Ravens to capture film of fans enjoying memorable moments at Ravens training camp, special events and all PSINet Stadium Ravens games.
AUSTRALIAN SPONSORS? OLYMPIC LESSONS FOR GOODWILL GAMES
Australian companies aim to learn from the mistakes made by sponsors dealing with the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG), in anticipation of another major international sporting event hosted by an Australian city next year.
IOC SAYS TELEVISION DISPUTE STORM IN A TEA CUP
The International Olympic Committee has dismissed complaints about restrictions on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics as "a storm in a tea cup".
TELEGLOBE ENDS BAR F1 SPONSORSHIP DEAL
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.
COKE MOVES FOR F1 SPONSORSHIP
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.
ESPN STAR SPORTS APPOINTS NEW TOP MAN
EPSN Star Sports has appointed Mike Kerr to the newly created position of senior manager, integrated sales.
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.
QUOKKA IN E-COMMERCE ALLIANCE DEAL
Quokka Sports and online outdoor gear firm PlanetOutdoors, have forged a strategic e-commerce alliance by which PlanetOutdoors will power the commerce functions for MountainZone.com.
SPORTS SITES ON THE RISE ? SAY LATEST FIGURES
Latest figures on the internet have shown a dramatic rise in popularity for sports sites.
OLYMPIC PLANS HIT BY AIRPORT HICCUPS
Australian media have demanded urgent action to solve air traffic control and baggage handling problems at Sydney Airport before hundreds of thousands of people flood through there for the Sydney Olympics.