Stadia

The NFL is to sponsor a weekly award enabling fans to vote on the internet to honour a player whose performance goes beyond headlines and statistics.

A lesbian couple thrown out of Dodger Stadium during a baseball game because they were kissing passionately received a public apology from the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as free tickets for future games.

The Montreal Expos have pulled out of lease negotiation on a downtown location for a new ballpark because of uncertainties over the franchises future ownership.

Organisers of the Summer Olympics have played down concerns the playing surfaces for the soccer tournament would not be ready in time for the Games next month.

Quokka Sports is expanding its strategic and financial relationship with NBC.

Computer experts will work around the clock during the Sydney Olympics to keep out cyber hackers who might try to vandalise Games websites, even changing official results and the names of medal winners.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has welcomed a move by the French soccer club Strasbourg to take legal action against some supporters for incitement to racial hatred.

The NFL and CBS have selected MTV: Music Television to produce the halftime show during Super Bowl XXXV.

Celtic?s UEFA Cup match against AS La Jeunesse D?Esch from Luxembourg will be webcast live on Celtic?s official site, www.celticfc.co.uk.

3Com Corp. is unveiling a steno pad-sized "Web pad" that can access the web- but only in the 3Com Park, formerly known as Candlestick Park, the home to the San Francisco 49ers.

Indian internet firm Satyam Infoway Ltd has said that its sports portal, www.khel.com, will be the official sponsor of India's contingent to next month's Sydney Olympics.

Travelocity.com and the Dallas Mavericks have joined forces to launch a new sports marketing promotion.

Swedish distributor of internet sports, news and entertainment content, Kamera Interactive, has signed an extended contract with Associated Press for pan-European distribution of APTN (Associated Press Television News) video clips on the Internet.

The new Paul Brown Stadium ? home of the NFL?s Cincinnati Bengals ? got a positive reception from fans this weekend.

The naming rights to Sydney?s Olympic stadium have been sold to the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ).

The NFL?s New Orleans Saints has signed a deal with Actel to provide the Saints with local, long distance, data and internet services.