Stadia

Six months ago, the news that Britain was to challenge for the 2003 America's Cup would have caused barely a ripple of interest in the nation.

The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.

The Arizona Cardinals, the only National Football League franchise to play permanently in a college stadium, learned on Tuesday that the team will not have to move very far for its new $335 million facility.

Even the most experienced Olympic observers cannot agree on which city will win the battle to stage the 2008 Summer Games as the deciding vote draws near.

Football history will be made on Thursday when tickets to the 2002 FIFA World Cup will be made available to anybody in the world - as long as they have access to an internet connection. For more on this issue see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

Sportal, the European online sports network, has launched the most comprehensive sports PDA content available accessible via the AvantGo mobile internet service.

AS Roma President Franco Sensi wants to turn the club into an Italian Manchester United by clinching a deal with a big U.S. sports team.

Bob Schwartz has been named vice president of marketing for Comcast-Spectacor Ventures and its affiliated companies.

What does mobile phone giant Vodafone have in common with punk-style boots, cider, potato crisps and a northern English car dealer called Reg?

An International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team for the Athens 2004 Games will take a hard look at security when they visit Greece later this week.

Bookmaker Victor Chandler is to launch an internet betting service it says will tap into the growing interest in football.

It took only 19 seconds for Three Rivers Stadium to tumble into history as 3,000 spectators watched.

Franz Beckenbauer has said progress had been made towards the construction of a new stadium in Munich to be used for the 2006 World Cup finals.

Bridon International, the UK-based steel wire and structural strand manufacturer, has secured a contract to supply cables for the major re-development of Lokomotiv Moscow's stadium in Russia.

The Oakland Raiders have defeated the NFL's attempt to dismiss a suit brought by the franchise, which had claimed

Troubled sports internet group Quokka Sports could not rule out further job losses nor the closure of its European operations after end-of-year results revealed another year of heavy losses and revenues failing to hit targets.