SportBusiness Staff

The fall of sports marketing giant ISL was the most influential story for the sport industry this year - according to hundreds of experts.

Juventus has confirmed details of its 12-year deal with Nike which kicks off in July, 2003.

Germany’s Krombacher Brewery is to become a major sponsor of luge, following the announcement of a three-year deal with KirchSport AG.

The future of Jaguar Racing is in safe hands, the UK-based FI team’s director of marketing told delegates at the Motor SportBusiness Conference in Monte Carlo.

The Belgian Grand Prix could be axed from 2003 if the government imposes a national ban on tobacco advertising, according to Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

English Premiership rugby clubs have been awarded a three percent increase in their salary cap for next season, despite pressure for the removal of wage restraints from big clubs.

UK high street retailers, Marks & Spencer, has become a clothing and apparel licensee for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

UEFA faces a legal minefield when it finally picks the agency to market its Champions League tournament in moves which could damage the standing of the governing body.

NTL, Britain's largest cable television network which has a financial interest in Premier League clubs Leicester City, Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Middlesborough, has amounted debts of £14billion ($20bn/EUR23bn).

The race to win the agency rights to market UEFA's Champions League has been delayed as extra time is needed to choose between the bids of IMG/TWI and TEAM.