Stadia

The Belgian government has approved a budget of 30 million Belgian francs ($758,100) to finance a national publicity campaign for this summer's Euro 2000 soccer championship.

Broadband Sports has named Roger Wood, the former vice president and head of global e-commerce at Reebok International, as vice president of product development for the online provider of original content and commerce to sports communities.

SportsJuice.com, a Desktop Live company, has signed a two-year deal to be the exclusive online webcasters for the North American Football League and its 60 member teams.

Sportal has confirmed it is in talks with a number of major media players ? including BSkyB ? with regard to forming a possible media partnership.

Internet giant Sportal is on the verge of signing a $11m sponsorship deal with UEFA?s Euro 2000 soccer championships, according to industry reports.

International Speedway Corporation (ISC) has reached an agreement with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority through the ISC's wholly-owned subsidiary New York International Speedway Corporation to conduct a feasibility study to develop a motorsports facility at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J.

Said CSA president Jim Fleming: "We have requested this information from FIFA with a view towards submitting a bid for the 2003 World Youth Championship

A consortium led by Beers Inc., a subsidiary of Swedish construction group Skanska AB, has received an order valued at 2.9 billion Swedish kronor ($344.5 million) to build an indoor football stadium in Houston, Texas.

Kostech Corp., parent company of the financial portal www.informedinvestor.com and the shareholder relations web site www.e-relations.com, is to establish a web site allowing other companies and individuals to assist the 20 members of the US Women's World Cup-winning Soccer Team in earning reasonable wages from the US Soccer Federation.

PSINet , the Internet solutions provider and full sponsor of Euro 2000, expects up to 150 million hits per day next summer from visitors to the official Euro 2000 site - a figure which would break records for daily site usage. World Cup France '98 recorded 70 million hits per day compared to less than a million hits per day for Euro 96.

Major League Baseball has approved the sale of the Cleveland Indians Baseball Co Inc to Lawrence Dolan, the franchise said, with the closing of the transaction expected in mid-February.

NBC Quokka Ventures and MSNBC.com, America's number one news site, have signed a strategic partnership to distribute nbcolympics.com content to MSNBC.com users during the Olympic Games.

UEFA President Lennart Johansson has given his blessing to Russia becoming the first country in Eastern Europe to host soccer?s European championship.

Sports media luminaries John Skipper and John A. Walsh will take leadership roles at ESPN Internet Group (EIG), following an announcement by Steven M. Bornstein, chairman, GO.com and George W. Bodenheimer, president, ESPN Inc.

Brazil's low-key bid to stage the 2006 World Cup finals has been dealt a possibly fatal blow when the head of FIFA's inspection team said the country's infrastructure needed improving.

A Canadian Internet site which rebroadcast NFL and NBA coverage without authorisation is being sued by the leagues, 10 US movie companies and three TV networks.