Stadia
Business

An upcoming $270 million revenue bond issue for a Major League Baseball stadium in Cincinnati may include the refunding of debt previously issued for the city's professional football stadium, a financial adviser has said.
Business

The Greek Football Association (FA) has announced a two-week suspension of domestic fixtures in a clash with the national sports ministry.
Stadia

Bertelsmann AG has launched a joint venture with iSyndicate, a provider of content syndication services and technologies on the internet.
Stadia

New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens has launched his official website for AthletesDirect, a subsidiary of Broadband Sports.
Events

A French TV crew was ejected from the Swisscom Challenge on Wednesday, after harassing Anna Kournikova.
Business

Designercity, the UK new media agency, have launched a WAP service for English Premier League soccer club Arsenal.
Stadia

Birse Construction has unveiled a new ?one-stop? concept in stadium design and construction at Soccerex 2000, the soccer industry trade show in Manchester.
Business

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) has appointed the Sportsworld Media Group as its sponsorship and event management consultants.
Media

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stepped in once more to keep Greek preparations to host the 2004 Olympics on schedule.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Turner Sports has clinched a deal securing the internet rights to NASCAR.
Events

The Sydney Olympic Games represented the largest peacetime communications project in Australia?s history, according to the communications network that handled the traffic.
Media

Carlton Communications, the UK media company, has made a #400m ($582m) bid for the broadcasting rights to British horseracing, according to UK press reports.
Events

Innovative new audio-visual technology could soon revolutionise coverage of sports events and matches on the internet. So says Steven J. Winston of Cybersports International, which provides full screen, full motion interactive viewing through broadband channels.
Business

TeamStore, powered by FanBuzz.com, is the latest addition to the tenant roster of ESPN.com Mall, the online sports shopping destination.
Business

SFX Sports Group UK players? agent Jon Holmes has told Europe?s biggest soccer clubs that their objections against an EU ban on transfer fees are based on self-interest, rather than protection of smaller clubs.
Business

Chris Akers has acquired a five per cent stake in the Extreme Group (Extreme), and agreed to become the company's executive chairman.
Stadia

French first division soccer club Sedan inaugurated their new Louis-Dugauguez Stadium at the weekend.
Stadia

Sports.com is offering visitors to its site uninterrupted coverage of the meeting of two of the sport?s most complex minds ? as Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik battle it out for the title of chess world champion.