Stadia
ICC INVESTIGATOR INSPECTS INDIAN TEST STADIA
An ex-Scotland Yard detective with the International Cricket Council anti-corruption unit has visited major Indian test stadiums as part of a worldwide inspection of venues following the match-fixing scandal.
FA TAKES WEMBLEY PLANS BACK TO DRAWING BOARD
The English Football Association (FA) announced on Friday that its plans to redevelop Wembley stadium were going back to the drawing board.
FA MEETS AMID FEARS FOR WEMBLEY REDEVELOPMENT
The English Football Association (FA) has conducted an emergency meeting today to discuss the troubled Wembley rebuilding project.
SPORTAL CEO APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF ONLINE WATCHDOG
The British Internet Publishers Alliance (BIPA) has named Rob Hersov, CEO and founder of Sportal, as the organisations? new Chairman.
CHASE CALLS FOR FA FINANCE COMMITMENT
Chase Manhattan Bank will recommend the English Football Association commits #100 million ($160m) to the redevelopment of Wembley National Stadium or face the project collapsing.
NIGERIA PROMISE TO BE READY FOR 2003 ALL-AFRICA GAMES
Nigeria pledged on Thursday that the building of facilities will be completed in time to host the All-Africa Games in 2003.
NBA NAMES NEW BOSS FOR LATIN AMERICA
The NBA has appointed Arturo Nunez as new managing director for its Latin America office.
PARIS WOULD STAGE BEST GAMES, SAY BID ORGANISERS
Paris will stage the best Olympics ever if it wins the right to hold them in 2008, the bid organisers said in an official statement.
ARSENAL GUNNING FOR NEW STADIUM
Arsenal?s proposal for a new stadium has been submitted to Islington Borough Council for planning permission.
WOODS PLEDGES $500,000 TO HOSPITAL
Tiger Woods has pledged $500,000 for construction of a pavilion at Target House, a temporary residence for families of patients treated at St Jude Children?s Research Hospital in Memphis.
PAUL BROWN STADIUM STILL COUNTING THE COST
Paul Brown Stadium, opened in August as the new home of the NFL?s Cincinnati Bengals, may yet be affected by further cost overruns.
TRANSFER ISSUE MUST NOT GET LOST IN EUROPE, SAYS UNITED
Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon on Tuesday urged European officials not to drag their feet over new rules governing player transfers because uncertainty threatened to damage the game.
LA BIDS TO HOST OLYMPICS FOR HISTORIC 3RD TIME
Los Angeles has made a bid to host the summer Olympic Games for an unprecedented third time, saying it had the finance, facilities and experience that would allow Olympic officials to "sleep at night."
MEMBER FEDERATIONS COMMENT ON OLYMPIC INTERNET FUTURE
Member federations of the International Olympic Committee(IOC) have been commenting on the issues raised by the IOC World Conference on Sports and New Media in Lausanne, Switzerland.
IOC CONSIDERS WEBCASTS FOR SMALL SPORTS
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it was considering allowing Internet companies to broadcast small sports on the Web.
IOC NEW MEDIA CONFERENCE: DAY 2, FINAL SESSION ? THE GLOBAL REACH OF THE ONLINE WORLD
Websites have already established themselves as the fundamental means of communication for sports teams beyond their national boundaries, disintermediating the need for broadcasters, according to evidence presented by speakers at the IOC New Media Conference in Lausanne.
IOC NEW MEDIA CONFERENCE: POST-EVENT PRESS CONFERENCE
The International Olympic Committee added another condition for the next round of broadcast bidders looking to deliver the Olympic Games after 2008, but the requirement to take account of the importance of the internet and new media in their bids will have many reaching for their crystal balls.
IOC NEW MEDIA CONFERENCE: DAY 2, SESSION 1 – LEVY CASTS DOUBT ON 49ERS SITE
SportsLine.com CEO and founder Mike Levy cast a doubt on the value of team web sites when he told delegates it was doubtful SportsLine would renew its association with the San Francisco 49ers web site.