Stadia
Stadia

UEFA Cup finalists Galatasaray must put their finances on a stronger footing if they want to join the elite of European soccer, coach Fatih Terim has said.
Business

The Premier League is to consider a TV rights auction after 75 requests were received for the tender document when the deadline for the broadcasters? initial bids passed yesterday. The number of bids for the next three-year deal was even more than the Premier League had originally anticipated.
Business

FirstEntertainment, the multimedia internet entertainment company, has signed a sponsorship agreement with Team USA for the Trans-Atlantic Rowing Race to be held in October 2001.
Business

The Pittsfield Mets minor league baseball franchise is to build a $12 million new ballpark in Pittsfield, Massachusetts with New York State money.
Stadia

Cardiff's Millennium Stadium will stage the first-ever major rugby union match under a closed roof when Wales take on the French Barbarians on May 27, the organisers have said.
Business

British satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting has agreed an all-share offer for Sports Internet Group which values the company at around #300million ($460 million).
Sponsorship & Marketing

Internet portal Sportal has launched its first TV advertising campaign ? due to run until Euro 2000.
Business

Sportingbet.com, the Channel Islands-based bookmaker, has acquired Betmaker.com, a Costa Rica-based internet gambling site, in a deal worth about #15million, reports the Financial Times.
Stadia

Internetsoccer.com is rapidly expanding its content offering in the Pacific Rim, Central America and Africa.
Business

Denver Stadium district board members are expected to decide on the naming rights for the Denver Bronco?s new stadium this summer. The naming rights issue will be discussed at six public hearings before a decision is made.
Media

Sports Internet Group is reported to be on the verge of accepting an 850p-a-share bid from BSkyB which would value the company at around #220m.
Events

Pay-per-view internet content company Arthur Shaw has signed a four-year deal with web agency Sportstars-direct.com to provide PPV programmes featuring world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis.
Events

International Management Group (IMG) is planning to extend its internet presence in Australia, reports Australasian Business Intelligence. Via its wholly-owned subsidiary TWI Interactive, the company has targeted a number of internet-based site opportunities, mostly on a revenue-sharing basis.
Stadia

Argentina's soccer players union has voted unanimously, after the government met its demands for increased police protection from fans, to end a week-old anti-violence strike.
Events

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc has secured broadcasting rights to West Indies cricket matches in an eight-year deal with the West Indies Cricket Board, according to press reports.
Stadia

Premium seats at the planned New England Patriots stadium, due for completion in 2002, will be the most costly in the NFL.
Stadia

AthletesDirect, the subsidiary of Broadband Sports, has unveiled the launch of the official web sites for top US jockeys Jerry Bailey, Pat Day, David Flores and Corey Nakatani. The jockey web sites at http://www.AthletesDirect.com will feature statistics, audio/video clips, stores, fan clubs, chats and first person journals.
Business

Connecticut Governor John Rowland has signed legislation to build the University of Connecticut?s Huskies college team a 40,000-seat football stadium, thereby ensuring the team?s entry into the Big East Conference by 2003.