Stadia

Mobile telecommunications giant Orange is set to unveil a massive #70m ($120m) sponsorship deal tomorrow ? although is keeping tight-lipped over which sport will benefit.

The Australian Football League has launched a number of specially tailored Internet packages ? giving its large overseas fan base the opportunity to access video highlights and audio broadcasts of games.

A senior spokesman of the Scottish Executive has revealed that the troubled Hampden Park stadium is running up debts of $250,000 a week.

Quokka Sports is to acquire ZoneNetwork.com, Inc., a privately-held company that produces and owns the leading mountain sports internet property, MountainZone.com, and its sister web site SkiResorts.com.

Jupiter Communications, the US research consultants on Internet commerce, has predicted that consumers will spend approximately $3bn on sporting goods, apparel, footwear, and event tickets by 2003.

Fans of the Ironman Triathlon will have unprecedented access to live coverage of races around the world this season through a partnership between the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and Sportvision. Sportvision will produce exclusive Internet webcasts featuring live scoring, webcams and audio and video feeds from a series of races, beginning with the Air New Zealand Ironman later this month.

Nike has appointed Charlie Denson, its VP and GM of Europe for the past three years, has been named regional VP of Nike Europe.

The San Francisco Giants have seen the move to their new stadium pay off after reporting that 51 of its 81 home games for this season have sold out.

Publicly owned investment holding company, Peacock Financial Corp. has acquired the Bay Area Seals, the professional A-league soccer club of San Francisco, California.

Telecommunications firm BT are threatening to withhold more then #1million in sponsorship cash from Hampden Park ? the Scottish stadium beset by financial problems.

The Football Network, Inc has signed a deal to become part of Amazon.com associates programme to provide an improved service for its merchandise store at www.footballnetwork.com.

Leisure group Wembley has attributed a 42 per cent leap in its profits to improved growth into its US greyhound and horse racing operations.

Last gasp efforts to save Scotland?s financially troubled Hampden Stadium have been put into place after the Scottish Executive promised a further #600,000 ($1m) ? in additional to #2.15m already pledged - as part of a rescue package.

The 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville made a loss of nearly $4 million, Spanish athletics federation president Jose Maria Odriozola has said.

European web portal Sports.com has signed a deal with Motorola and BT Cellnet?s Genie Internet division to tie in sports content to web phones.

Hartford, Connecticut is expected to receive $2.4 million from the NFL to settle legal issues surrounding the New England Patriots? botched plans to move to the city, according to a report in a US newspaper.