Stadia
Business

Shares in Betinternet.com, the internet sports betting company, soared 14 percent to 28p today after it said it had received approaches from predators which could lead to an offer.
Events

The mayor of London Ken Livingstone said he would do everything within his powers to help the British Olympic Association (BOA) win a bid for the capital city to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
Business

The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), which represents more than 800 players, has signed a $650,000 deal with Yahoo!Sports, making it the first official players site on the server.
Stadia

The Australian Football League is considering banning further private ownership of its clubs, according to chief executive Wayne Jackson.
Business

Germany's top soccer club Bayern Munich said on Wednesday it was not in talks to sell a stake to sports retailing giant adidas-Salomon but a stock market listing or strategic partnership were possible.
Business

The International Olympic Committee said today that Beijing has assembled a high quality bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Events

CricInfo.com, the UK cricket website has signed a deal with Sports International to broadcast live ball-by-ball audio commentary on the internet for the Pakistan team?s tour of England which starts on Thursday at Lord?s cricket ground in London.
Business

Italian Serie A soccer club Juventus has signed a new shirt sponsorship deal with the country?s broadband ISP FastNet for next season, replacing broadcaster Telepiu, whose deal was worth #5.5m ($7.79m) a year.
Stadia

The recent stadia disasters in Africa will not affect the continent's bid to host the 2010 World Cup finals, African soccer chief Issa Hayatou has said.
Business

Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed says he would be willing to save Wembley Stadium by moving his English Premiership newcomers to play there while Craven Cottage is renovated.
Stadia

The English Football Association (FA) has given a provisional seal of approval to Cardiff?s Millennium Stadium after Saturday's FA Cup final between Liverpool and Arsenal.
Business

Gobarkingmad, the greyhound racing service owned by UK-based online betting and leisure group Gaming Internet, is to get an additional cash injection of #8m to #12m ($11m to $17m) through an institutional placing and an offer to help fund this month?s launch of its website and next month?s launch of its digital television channel.
Business

Richmond, Virginia-based turf company GreenTech, Inc, has been contracted by Michigan State University to supply the GreenTech ITM natural grass sports field system in Spartan Stadium for the 2002 football season.
Events

A row between the England Cricket Board (ECB) and the First Class Forum (FCF), one of its constituent bodies, over the sale of online and wireless rights for up to #100 million ($142m) for the next 10 years is expected to resurface at Lord?s cricket ground this afternoon.
Stadia

Sportal, the troubled UK-based sports internet company, is considering closing down its European businesses and re-launching from Asia if funding or a sale is not secured.
Business

Interactive television services, which were used by 14.9million households at the end of 2000, will grow annually by 59 per cent in the next five years, according to a new report.
Stadia

The board of England?s Wembley National Stadium Ltd meets today to discuss the future of the ill-fated project.
Stadia

England?s Football Association is discussing the possibility of staging future FA Cup soccer finals at Twickenham, the home of English rugby union.