Stadia

The IOC?s decision to ban any Olympic Games broadcast on the internet has been blasted by some of the world?s biggest online news services.

SportsYA!, the internet portal serving Latin America, Spain and U.S. Hispanic markets, has secured $10 million capital investment in its latest round of financing from investors.

An attempt to beat the NFL on-site paid attendance record failed earlier this week.

Sportal.co.uk is to sponsor the Two Way TV digital television channel's fantasy sports trading game Armchair Manager.

Russian Olympic officials have warned that a shake-up is urgently needed if the country is to keep pace with other leading nations.

Tennis sensations the Williams sisters have signed a sponsorship deal with internet and communications company Nortel Networks.

Time Warner Communications, Columbus Division and online video service Sportscapsule have reached a partnership agreement which will allow communities served by Time Warner Columbus to create their own local sports videos to showcase on the internet.

Italian publisher and portal operator Seat Pagine Gialle has denied it is interested in buying soccer club Sampdoria.

NBC, whose television ratings for the Olympics fell short of expectations, may have partly made up for the disappointment by taking the gold medal for its internet coverage, beating out the official Olympics.com web site, initial data showed on Monday. For the full details see the `FEATURES? section of sportbusiness.com.

The first Olympics on the web captivated US office workers during the first week of the Sydney 2000 Games.

Online auction site eBay Inc is to form an alliance with the National Football League to sell pro-football merchandise, memorabilia and "fantasy experiences" to raise money for charity.

Fans of baseball park the Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh will soon be able to buy their very own piece of history, when the stadium is auctioned off online.

The remaining 45 minutes of the Spanish league match between Espanyol and Real Sociedad, abandoned on Sunday because of a waterlogged pitch, will be played on October 18.

The Equestrian Federation of Australia and ActiveTV have signed a deal to enhance the sport?s television coverage.

Milwaukee County Stadium, home of Major League Baseball?s Milwaukee Brewers since it opened in 1953, has been ceremonially cleared for demolition.

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has said that the city's two baseball teams, the Mets and the Yankees, each should pay about one-third of the cost of any new stadiums.