Stadia

The fabled Montreal Canadiens, the hockey team that has won more Stanley Cup championships than any other, has drawn the attention of several would-be buyers since brewer Molson Inc. put the team up for sale last month.

The European Union has warned Australia it may complain to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over restrictions on foreign television access to the Sydney Olympic games.

The revenue potential of distributing sports and other content via third generation mobile phones has received a cool reaction form a leading telecom analyst.

Premierwin.com and UK commercial radio station talkSPORT have teamed up in a radio and internet campaign to drive a multi-million pound Fantasy Football League ? which it claims to be the most valuable ever run on the web.

Latest figures on the internet have shown a dramatic rise in popularity for sports sites.

Natal Rugby Union has become the first South African venue to select the Talent Arena Sports Management software from UK-based Software4Sport.

Internet technology company, FrontLine Solutions has selected the SilverStream Application Server as the power behind its www.usarinks.com web site, the official tournament web site of the Amateur National Hockey League.

Video-on-demand (VOD) firm Yes Television ? which hopes to become one of the leaders in on-demand sport ? has formed a joint venture with Sky Vision Corporation.

Moldova's soccer association has denied a report that it had been offered $1 million to renovate the country's main stadium by UEFA or that any funds from such an amount had been used for earlier repairs.

SportingAuction.com, the online auction site for new brand-name goods, and The Sporting News Online (TSN) have launched a co-branded auction site that will allow visitors to TSN's website to bid on sports equipment from SportingAuction.

New York City is to have two new minor league baseball stadiums built for next summer, thanks largely to the support of the baseball-loving Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

ESPN SportsCenter anchor Dan Patrick now has a signature platform on four different media with the launch this week of his own web site (http://espn.go.com/danpatrick/) to accompany his presence on ESPN, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Radio

With one month to go before the kick-off of rugby union?s Welsh-Scottish league, a sponsor is still nowhere to be found, despite the best efforts of international marketing firm IMG

Ticket Plus, an affiliate of Tickets.com, and the University of Hawaii Athletic Department have confirmed that tickets for Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine sports, as well as special events, will soon be available via the internet under a new agreement.

The Indian team for the Olympic Games 2000 will be sponsored by Samsung, the information technology and telecommunications company, which is spending about $200 million in 40 countries on its Sydney Games marketing programme.

The 2001 British Speedway Grand Prix will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.