Stadia
NEW CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS HIT GERMAN 2006 BID
German soccer authorities have said they had been taken by surprise by a new FIFA rule on World Cup stadium capacity which rules out several of the country's proposed venues for the 2006 finals.
ARSENAL FIX UP CYBER SERVICE
FA Premier League champions Arsenal are set to battle it out on the cyber-field as it joins the growing number of firms offering free internet access in the UK.
GOVERNMENT TO PAY OWN WAY AT SYDNEY GAMES
The Australian government will spend A$1.2 million (US$780,000) on tickets for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to entice dignitaries and investors to the country, officials have said.
NASCAR JOINS STADIA NAME DEAL RACE
Charlotte Motor Speedway is to become the first track on the NASCAR circuit to change its name to reflect a sponsorship deal.
SALT LAKE REPORT SHAKES SYDNEY ORGANISERS
Sydney 2000 Games organisers announced a full, independent review of the city's Olympic bid, only to be upstaged by a Salt Lake City ethics report questioning the actions of an Australian IOC member.
ATLANTA CHIEF TELLS SYDNEY TO FORGE AHEAD
The man who ran the ill-fated 1996 Atlanta Games offered some advice to Sydney 2000 Games organisers on Friday: ignore an Olympic corruption scandal and trust that everything will come out right.
ACB LOOK AT NEW VENUES
The Australian Cricket Board says it is looking at playing major matches at new stadiums in Melbourne and Sydney.
BOYER WINS STADIUM DEAL
The Boyer Group has been appointed the exclusive signage sales agent for Stadium Australia in a seven-year deal.
SA CONFIDENT OF WORLD CUP BID
South Africa is confident it will emerge as the sole African bidder to host the 2006 soccer World Cup, a move that would greatly boost its hopes of staging soccer's showcase, says bid chief Danny Jordaan.
WEMBLEY FUTURE HANDS IN BALANCE AGAIN
The future of Wembley Stadium has been thrown into confusion again after a second bidder came forward with an offer that could scupper the English Football Association's ambitions to control the home of English football.
TWO REFEREE EXPERIMENT SET TO GET GREEN LIGHT
A season-long experiment of using two referees to control matches is likely to be approved at the annual meeting of soccer's law-making International Board on Saturday.
TWO REFEREE EXPERIMENT SET TO GET GREEN LIGHT
A season-long experiment of using two referees to control matches is likely to be approved at the annual meeting of soccer's law-making International Board on Saturday.
100,000 QUEUE TO SEE MAIN SYDNEY STADIUM
The main stadium for the 2000 Sydney Olympics has passed its first major inspection, by drawing more than 100,000 people when organisers of the Games opened the doors to the public.
UEBERROTH TAKES OVER KEY NBA TV ROLE
NBA Entertainment has promoted Heidi Ueberroth to the role of senior vice-president for International Television and Business Development.
D.C. MAYOR PUSHING FOR BASEBALL STADIUM
The District of Columbia's new mayor plans to announce his support for a $300 million major league baseball stadium in downtown D.C., the Washington Post has reported.
NBC AFFILIATE, PEPSI GET RIGHTS AT BROWNS STADIUM
The Cleveland Browns expansion football franchise has said it awarded local television broadcast rights to WKYC-TV, the NBC affiliate.
HASBRO INTERACTIVE SIGNS NASCAR GAME DEAL
Video game publisher Hasbro Interactive has struck a five-year licensing agreement to develop family and children?s software games and interactive toys based on the world of Nascar.
CUBAN BASEBALL MATCH PLANS STALL
Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos appears to be striking out in his bid to use the baseball diamond as common ground for a thawing in US-Cuban relations, baseball sources have revealed.