Stadia
USC SELECTS GLOBAL SPECTRUM TO MANAGE NEW ARENA
Global Spectrum, the Philadelphia-based facility management firm, has been selected by the University of South Carolina to manage its soon-to-be-built 18,000-seat multipurpose arena.
MAGNUM FORMS STRATEGIC JOINT VENTURE WITH 16W MARKETING
Former Marquee Group chief Robert Gutkowski?s Nasdaq-listed marketing agency, Magnum Sports & Entertainment, Inc has formed a strategic joint venture with sports industry veteran Frank Vuono?s 16W Marketing LLC, to create marketing strategies focused on fashion and modelling opportunities to the world's top athletes.
SPORTS FACE TOBACCO SPONSORSHIP BLOW
Major international sporting events, including Formula One, could be severely hit by a proposed European Commission ban on most cigarette advertising.
BOLTON WANDERERS? SHARES SOAR ON PREMIER LEAGUE PROMOTION
The share prices of two English soccer clubs showed contrasting fortunes after the clubs experienced both joy and despair in their First Division play-off clash at Cardiff?s Millennium Stadium.
SPORTAL CONFIRMS SHORT-TERM FUNDING
London-based sports internet company Sportal has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that its chief executive Rob Hersov and finance director Manilo Marocco have dug into their own pockets to keep the company alive for another month while it seeks a long-term investor.
COPA AMERICA IN JEOPARDY AGAIN
Colombia could lose South American soccer tournament the Copa America if there is another bomb blast, organisers have admitted.
IS THERE LIFE FOR BROADBAND AFTER QUOKKA?
Last month, Quokka Sports Inc, which had been broadcasting live sporting events over the internet, joined the ranks of dot-com companies to suspend operations, citing ?circumstances beyond our control.''
ROMAN CLUBS IN JOINT STADIUM DEAL
Italian soccer clubs Lazio and AS Roma have set up a joint company to bid for Rome's Foro Italico sports complex, which includes the Olympic Stadium they currently share as their home ground.
SPORTAL SECURES RESCUE FUNDING, SAY PAPERS
Sportal, the struggling London-based private internet sports firm whose owners include BSkyB , has secured enough funding for another month, British newspapers reported on Tuesday.
REAL MADRID MEMBERS APPROVE DEAL TO SOLVE DEBT CRISIS
Members of Real Madrid have voted to approve the club's plan to sell its city-centre training facilities in order to clear its huge debts of more than $250 million.
BBC SIGNS ROYAL ASCOT INTERNET DEAL
The BBC?s sport website, BBC Sport, will provide live pictures over the internet of UK racing festival Royal Ascot at the end of June.
VODAFONE SIGNS SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH FERRARI
Telecommunications giant Vodafone has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the Ferrari Formula One team for an undisclosed sum.
AFL BANS HAWKS? CRAZY TATTOOS
The Australian Football League (AFL) has banned the Hawthorn Hawks from agreeing a sponsorship deal with mobile phone retailer Crazy John?s that would see the sponsor?s logo tattooed onto the arms of all of the team?s players.
OSAKA HOPEFUL OF OLYMPIC BID RETHINK
Osaka is not ready to throw in the towel in the race to stage the 2008 summer Olympic Games, bid officials have said.
NSL FINAL BOUGHT FORWARD TO APPEASE SEVEN NETWORK
The National Soccer League final in Australia next Sunday has been brought forward three hours to allow the Seven Network media company to broadcast the match live.
FOX CHOOSE TELEGLOBE TO SCREEEN NFL EUROPE
Teleglobe Broadcast Services have been selected by News Corps units Fox Digital and Fox Sports to provide digital video transmission of National Football League Europe games to North American viewers on Fox Sports, Fox Sports Net and DirectTV.
NFL APPROVES LOAN TO GREEN BAY PACKERS
The National Football League (NFL) has agreed to give a $13m loan to the Green Bay Packers to help fund the team?s three-year $295m expansion and renovation project.
CALLS FOR ICC REFORM AFTER FIX SCANDAL
Two bodies created by the International Cricket Council (ICC) have combined to urge the world governing body to reform itself immediately.