Yankees win new TV carriage deal
Cablevision is now the only major cable operator in the New York area not carrying the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) network after Comcast signed up the new 24-hour service.
Mexicans get more World Cup TV deals
The 2002 FIFA World Cup will be broadcast on a further two Mexican networks after rights agreements were reached with independent broadcaster CNI and media company Grupo Multimedios.
CSS Stellar proves resilient
UK sports and entertainment group CSS Stellar has reported a 75 percent turnover rise in its un-audited preliminary results for the year ended December 31, 2001.
Boxers get branded
Sponsors of boxing have been granted a new space to display their company name - on the boxers themselves, after endorsement tattoos were given legal approval.
Blatter to talk at uni
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is to give a lecture at Bocconi University in Milan next week.
Ecclestone to lead F1 bid
Bernie Ecclestone and a group of Formula One car makers are reportedly poised to make a joint bid for the Kirch media group's majority shareholding in the F1 holding company SLEC.
adidas-Salomon reports record year
German sporting goods manufacturer adidas-Salomon has delivered 15 percent earnings growth and record net sales in 2001.
Losses narrow at 365
Shares in 365 Corporation, the UK-listed company which last year merged its internet content business with sports website Rivals.net, soared to a three-month high of 13 percent this morning after it said pre-tax losses for the third quarter ending December 31, 2001 narrowed to £8.5million ($12.1/EUR13.8) from £10.2m ($14.6m/EUR16.6m).
Spy ship ‘intended to disrupt World Cup’
A suspected North Korean spy ship, sunk by the Japanese coastguard at the end of last year, may have been carrying weapons aimed at disrupting this summer's World Cup in Japan and South Korea, according to Agence France-Presse.
Blatter given Real support
FIFA president Sepp Blatter received a demonstration of support fromthe president of the Royal Spanish Football Association, Angel Maria VillarLlona, and the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, on the day ofReal Madrid's 100th birthday.