Stadia

The opening match in the Women's World Cup between the United States and Denmark attracted the largest crowd ever to attend a women's sports event.

A popular Philippine spectator sport was relaunched recently, 13 years after it was banned following a game-fixing scandal, and hundreds of punters joined the action.

Major League Baseball Photos has signed a new deal with photo-agency Allsport to be its new official photographic partner.

An independent report is pushing for a windfall tax to be imposed on the most profitable English soccer Premier League clubs, if contracts with broadcasters continue to escalate in value.

NFL representatives have voiced their opposition to proposed legislation that would require professional sports teams to set aside 10 percent of TV revenues for stadium development.

SportsLine USA, the leading global Internet sports content, community and e-commerce company, has announced the promotions of four of its senior executives.

Australia's Seven Network is set to reap a lucrative reward for its investment in the Docklands Stadium in Victoria.

Australian cricket's MCG has vowed not to follow in the footsteps of other major stadia across the world and sell its naming rights.

A federal bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan led by Mario Lemieux's ownership group to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise and keep the team in Pittsburgh.

Property developer Sir Nigel Mobbs is expected to spearhead the #320million ($600m) redevelopment of London's Wembley Stadium.

Fogdog Sports, the world's leading online sporting goods store, has launched a complete golf store featuring an extensive selection of equipment and accessories from Callaway Golf and other major brands such as Taylor Made, Orlimar, Adams, Cleveland and Odyssey.

Organisers of next year's Euro 2000 soccer tournament say they have received applications for more than one million tickets after the initial batch of 400,000 went on sale to the public.

Internet sports media firm SportsLine Europe Ltd has acquired Infosis Group Ltd's sports division in a deal worth #1.5million ($2.6m).

At a time when public funding of NFL and ball-park stadium facilities is the subject of a US senator's bill demanding greater financial input from league's and teams, the Canadian government has taken a step in the opposite direction.

An Australian entrepreneur has offered to pay for David Beckham and Posh Spice's honeymoon if the English soccer star agrees to play for Manchester United on their pre-season tour of Australia.

Rupert Murdoch has ruled out a merger between BSkyB and France's Canal Plus, saying he didn't want his prized British pay-TV giant to become a "football" for French politicians.