Stadia

Tickets go on sale today for the first ever CART race to be held in the UK.

CSS Stellar, the British-owned sports and entertainment management group, has issued a prospectus for its forthcoming flotation on the Alternative Investment Market.

The African women championship final between hosts South Africa and Nigeria had to be abandoned in the second half after a riot broke out at the Vosloorus Stadium near Johannesburg.

HOK Sport, Venue and Event Architecture Principal Rod Sheard has responded to media criticism of the new Wembely National Stadium project.

The head of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team said he was optimistic about the troubled 2004 Athens Games and he would concentrate on ensuring venue construction was on schedule during his visit.

International Olympic Committee communications director Franklin Servan-Schreiber, the voice of the IOC during the Olympic movement's recent crisis and reforms, resigned on Wednesday.

The Belo Corp., publisher of The Dallas Morning News, is suing NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban claiming that Cuban reneged on a promise to buy the paper?s 12% stake in the team.

Vertical Alliance, the US-based e-business customer management company, has completed the integration of 18 International Speedway Corporation (ISC)-owned web site communities into one integrated customer management solution.

Greece has pledged speed up the completion of key 2004 Olympic venues to please an International Olympic Committee (IOC) team who are in Athens to inspect preparations for the troubled Games.

A new sports marketing company, headed by Stephen Pearson, formerly marketing director of TEAM AG and commercial director of the English Premier League, has been launched to develop the market for sports venue naming rights in Europe.

A race for the media rights to British horse racing has neared the finish as the UK's racecourse body met to pick a winner today to take the spoils of what is expected to be a lucrative interactive TV market.

ESPN.com and Broadband Sports have teamed up to jointly create and programme a new Athletes Channel on ESPN.com.

Athens 2004 organisers hope an International Olympic Committee (IOC) team on a three-day visit this week will be pleased with Greece's efforts despite the recent sacking of the minister primarily in charge of the troubled Games.

US giant SFX Entertainment is to expand its team, league and venue department of its SFX Sports Group?s marketing division.

Verizon Wireless, the US-based largest wireless communications provider, has become the official wireless service provider of the Milwaukee Bucks and the Bradley Center.

Leading global soccer star web site control Icons Worldwide Limited (Icons) has added a host of major players to its portfolio with the acquisitions of Sportprofiles International Limited and Futbolweb SA, a subsidiary of Canal 21, both leading internet sports companies.