Stadia
WEB SITE SECURES COWBOYS EXPERT FOR SITE
Broadband Sports, a producer of proprietary sports content and commerce on the internet, has hired Mickey Spagnola to cover the Cowboys on the club?s official web site.
JURY MULLS VERDICT IN HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER
The jury in the case of two former senior British policemen accused of the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at Hillsborough soccer stadium 11 years ago has retired on to ponder its verdict, court officials said.
KUALA LUMPUR BRIEFS ASIAN GAMES INSPECTORS
A four-man inspection team from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has seen what Malaysia has to offer as potential hosts of the 2006 Asian Games.
MARINERS SET UP ONLINE TICKETING BID PROGRAMME
Baseball's Seattle Mariners and Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch have set up a ticketing programme that allows fans to bid for their tickets on the internet - with prices partly determined by demand.
ONLINE TICKET FIRM LAUNCHES NEW PSL SITE
E-TicketBoard, the US-sport online ticket outlet, has launched a new site - PSL Xchange.
RUSSIA CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT CASH FOR EURO 2008 BID
The Russian Football Union is asking the government to bankroll its bid to host the European soccer championship in 2008.
GERMAN RACETRACK TO BE `RESHAPED?
The Sachsenring circuit, venue of the German MotoGP since 1998, is being reshaped to make its facilities suitable for the new millennium.
GOAL MEDIA SCORES WITH HONG KONG ON-LINE PUBLISHER
Goal Media Group, the digital media company that produces.goalnetwork.com and todogol.com, has signed an exclusive internet partnership with a Hong Kong and Chinese market online soccer publisher.
DAVIS CUP FANS GET TICKET MONEY REFUNDS
Tennis fans who had restricted viewing of the weekend's Davis Cup semifinal between Australia and Brazil from a temporary stand are to get their money back.
TWINS EXPLORE TEMPORARY STADIUM IDEA
The Minnesota Twins baseball team is exploring the possibility of playing a series in a temporary stadium next season.
UMBRO LAUNCHES MAJOR E-COMMERCE SITE
Umbro.com Limited, the licensee of digital rights for international sports giant Umbro, is to launch a global e-commerce operation in September.
TSN SIGNS CONTENT DEAL WITH INDIQU
Entertainment services provider Indiqu, has signed a deal with The Sports Network to provide real-time sporting news to mobile subscribers.
UEFA ORDER MOLDOVA TO CLOSE MAIN STADIUM
UEFA has ordered the Moldova soccer federation (MSF) to close down the main stadium in the capital of the tiny, impoverished ex-Soviet republic for safety reasons.
NEW BASKETBALL LEAGUE LAUNCHES WEB SITE
A new web site has been launched to promote the newly launched America Basketball Association 2000 league.
BAVARIANS WANT STADIUM CASH TO MATCH BERLIN
Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) party called on Thursday for the German government to help pay for the redevelopment of Munich's Olympic Stadium, which will host the opening game of the 2006 World Cup.
WOLF WARNS OF COST OF NOT BACKING STADIA PLAN
The failure to renovate NFL team the Green Bay Packer?s Lambeau Field could result could cost the team on the field, its general manager has warned.
IOC IN MASSIVE CYBERSQUATTERS CRACK DOWN
Olympic Games chiefs have declared war on cybersquatters by filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court against 1,800 internet sites abusing the Olympic name.
BECKER SET TO FLOAT COMPANY
German former tennis ace Boris Becker said he planned a stock exchange listing for one of his marketing companies next year.