Stadia

The Melbourne Cricket Ground, one of Australia?s greatest sporting venues, has purchased "Event Business Management Software" (EBMS) from St Louis, Missouri?based Ungerboeck Systems, Inc (USI).

A recent global TV report on Formula One shows the motorsport maintaining its strong position as a dominant sport worldwide.

XFL made a solid ratings start at the weekend despite some technical glitches in the coverage.

South Korean organisers for the 2002 World Cup finals are confident their 10 stadia will open in time but say they still have to resolve a dispute with co-hosts Japan over the name of the event. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

An Irish government minister has attacked the Irish Football Association (FAI) for its plans to build an independent soccer stadium, rather than participate in a state-financed alternative facility.

Brazil's Interlagos circuit, due to host a Formula One Grand Prix on April 1, has been told to implement minor safety changes by March 15.

Thousands of Super Bowl fans were subjected to a "computerized police lineup" at America's biggest sporting event last weekend as police used cutting-edge technology to scan the crowd for pickpockets and terrorists, according to civil libertarians.

Sir Rodney Walker, chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) has admitted that the new Wembley stadium will not be ready until the end of 2004.

A new network of websites aimed at uniting the UK?s domestic cricket community, and supported by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was launched at Lord?s Cricket Ground in London last night.

Soccernet.com has become the official soccer web site of ESPN.com.

UEFA Cup and European Super Cup winners Galatasaray and European champions Real Madrid will represent Europe at the second World Club Championship from July 29 to August 12 in Spain, FIFA said on Thursday.

US-based sports facility services and turf management company Ballpark Services has changed its name to Global Stadium Services as a result of the company's acquisition by Global Spectrum's parent company, Comcast-Spectacor Ventures.

Alerts.com, the monitoring system that alerts mobile phone carriers and internet users of breaking sports news, has reached an agreement with CNNSI.com to expand the alert-messages it first introduced in September 2000 with the NFL.

Octagon Marketing has won the exclusive rights to capitalise on the commercial potential of chess worldwide over the next three years.

The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) is out to win a share of the money generated when its national team, the All Blacks, play overseas.

SFX, who own the rights to David Beckhams? internet presence, have announced that the stars website will be delayed because of the downturn in the dot com business environment.