Stadia

Online ticket requests for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games may soon exceed the record total tickets sold through the internet for the recent Summer Games in Sydney.

The City of Manchester Stadium is well on its way for completion in advance of the Commonwealth Games 2002.

The Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA) has funded the development of a new $4.1 million facility dedicated to ice sports.

Sportsworld Media Group, the sports TV production, sponsorship and event marketing company, has acquired Infinite Management Solutions Ltd. (IMS) for A$850,000 ($442,000 ), of which A$450,000 ($234,000) will be paid in Sportsworld shares.

Plans to build a new downtown stadium for Major League Baseball team the Phillies have been abandoned by the city mayor.

A special set of commemorative US postage stamps to be issued next year will focus on a number of historic ballparks.

SportsYA! has signed a production and content partnership with StarMedia Network ? the internet media company for Spanish and Portugese-speaking audiences.

Sportal and Ford of Europe have signed a deal to make Ford a key sponsor of the Sportal Network.

Foxsports.com has updated its network of regional sports web sites. Visitors to any of the 18 sites will find a variety of new features tailored for each region.

US-based sports media company Broadband Sports has laid off 20 percent of its 250-person workforce.

Northern hemisphere rugby union will enter a new era during Saturday's test between Scotland and Australia when conversations between the referee, touch judges, players and a video official will be available to fans for the first time in an international in Europe.

UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has made moved into the online merchandise market with an internet Christmas gift store.

If problems are not resolved over the proposed new athletics arena in London's Lea Valley the 2005 world athletics championships could be switched to Berlin.

Unlike the presidential election, the same-day ballot by Phoenix voters to approve a $1.8 billion plan that would help build a new stadium for the Arizona Cardinals, has resulted in a clear verdict.

Doubts have been cast over the suitability of the venue in Japan set to stage the 2002 World Cup Final after it was discovered the site was polluted.

Istanbul-based soccer club Galatasaray is planning an initial public offering of between 10 and 15 per cent of Galatasaray Sportif, its marketing arm.