Stadia

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has chosen Tunisia as host nation for the African Nations Cup finals in 2004.

The International Olympic Committee have chosen two companies to support its ban of almost all video of sporting events at the Sydney Games from appearing on the internet - backing the wishes of the majority of its broadcasting customers.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele has set up his own official web site in Portuguese to mark his 60th birthday.

The Minnesota Twins search for a new stadium has reached a ?critical? stage according to CEO Chris Clouser.

Moldova has been given permission by UEFA to use their main stadium for international matches this season, the country's soccer chief said.

The NFL Washington Redskins are hoping to raise an additional $9 million in annual gate receipts from the installation of the addition 4,000 extra seats to FedEx Field.

A below-standard Olympic soccer pitch is being returfed and will be ready in time, removing concerns a new venue would have to found, organisers have said.

SNTV, the sports video news service jointly-owned by TWI and APTN, the television arm of the Associated Press, has launched SNTVi aimed exclusively at internet -based operators.

Sportal, the global provider of interactive sports content, has signed an extensive multi language sports content distribution deal with Yahoo! Europe.

Wayne Huizenga has received numerous offers to buy the Miami Dolphins outright, but no offers to buy the minority stake he has put up for sale, according to US media reports.

APTN has chosen Stockholm-based Kamera Interactives? ?KameraOne? service for the online distribution of some of its sports and news video content across Europe.

Eurosport, the pan European TV channel, has officially unveiled its new sports news channel Eurosportnews in Paris.

India will host an international soccer tournament next January.

Worldwide Entertainment & Sports Corp?s internet subsidiary, Worldwide Houseofboxing.com (HOB), has signed a letter of intent with TelVue Corporation to offer HOB users who are cable television and Direct Broadcast satellite subscribers

Internet Pictures Corporation (iPIX), Hyro.com, and the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) have signed a deal to allow the use of iPIX Virtual Tours on the official Olympics web site.

Russian league officials warned Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday they risked having their stadium closed following several violent clashes between rival fans and police this season.

Sydney's Olympic organisers have ordered a key soccer venue to be completely returfed because the pitch is not up to standard.

ESPN.com has teamed up with HoopsTV.com, the 24-hour online basketball network, to provide basketball fans with ambitious hoops programming on the internet.