Stadia
Events

The British Horseracing Board (BHB) yesterday said it was dissatisfied with negotiations currently going on between the Go-Racing consortium and the country?s 59 racecourses about gaining media rights to broadcast horseracing matches for the next 10 years.
Business

Arsenal's bid to stop a street trader selling unauthorised merchandise has been referred to the European Court of Justice, in a case that threatens sports clubs' revenues from branded products.
Stadia

Lazio, one of Italy?s leading soccer clubs, has been banned from playing at its Olympic Stadium for one month and has been fined $28,000 after their fans displayed and shouted racist abuse during Sunday?s derby match against Roma.
Business

English soccer club Ipswich Town has signed a club record breaking three-year #4 million ($5.7m) sponsorship deal with Ipswich-based utility TXU Europe.
Stadia

The Wembley National Stadium board will meet today to discuss the news that the Football Association has failed to raise funds to build a new national stadium at Wembley and the ambitious project is now under serious threat.
Stadia

A mad rush of applicants jammed the internet site selling tickets for football's 2002 World Cup finals, ahead of the deadline yesterday.
Stadia

A spokesperson for the Football Association, English soccer's governing body, said on Tuesday that the #475 million ($681m) Wembley Stadium project is doomed to failure unless the UK government bails it out.
Business

The St.Louis Cardnals wants to redevelop its Busch Stadium and offer up to 3.3m of its fans a retro-style, baseball-only ballpark which it said would offer spectators more ambiance and amenities.
Stadia

Premierwin.com, a fantasy soccer website, joined the ever-growing list of dotcom failures today and went into voluntary liquidation with debts of #3 million ($4.3m).
Stadia

Lazio could be banned from playing the remainder of this seasons six matches at its home ground after some fans of the leading Italian soccer club displayed and shouted racist abuse during Sunday?s derby match against Roma. A cash fine is also expected.
Business

Africa?s poor safety record which has seen 50 soccer spectators killed in separate incidents in less than a month could undermine plans to stage the World Cup in the continent for the first time in 2010.
Business

Ford has launched the `Final? phase of its integrated UEFA `destinationfootball? marketing campaign to coincide with the UEFA Champions League final.
Business

England?s Football Association could be asked to give a #120m ($172m) National Lottery grant back if plans to reconstruct Wembley Stadium cannot be saved.
Stadia

NHL.com, the official web site of the National Hockey League, has selected Internap Network Services as its primary internet connectivity provider.
Media

The world?s largest media company AOL Time Warner is in talks with the UK?s largest cable company NTL about a distribution alliance for content over high-speed broadband networks.
Business

Nasdaq-listed Quokka Sports, the company at the forefront of developments in online sports content, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States in preparation for an asset fire-sale.
Business

Sports facility project consultants ScheerGame Sports Development LLC has been selected by Oklahoma State University to conduct a study on the renovation possibilities for the school?s football stadium.
Stadia

The Florida Marlins scored a significant victory late on Friday when they received preliminary approval to a major source of funding for a new ballpark on the Miami River.