Aussie soccer to defy FIFA
Australian soccer is set to defy an overnight FIFA directive that only one player per European club represents his country in next month's friendly match against France.
Kirch sign World Cup web cops
Sports Marketing Surveys will become World Cup soccer web-police after clinching a monitoring deal with broadcast rights holder KirchMedia.
English FA ‘could be sued’ over Wembley
Sport England may take legal action against the English Football Association to recover its £120m ($170.5m/B
Greek reshuffle for Olympics
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, empowered by his re-election as socialist party leader, has played musical chairs with top ministers in a reshuffle partly aimed at getting the 2004 Olympics on track.
‘Only WWIII will stop Games’
Nothing short of a World War would prevent the Salt Lake City Winter Games from being staged, International Olympic Committee (IOC) director general Francois Carrard has said.
SportsLine.com upbeat about $19m loss
Loss-making internet sports media company SportsLine.com has exceeded Wall Street expectations in its 3Q financial results.
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Consortium in wireless video sports deal
Finnish-based companies Makra and Codeonline and US-based PacketVideo are to develop a wireless video sports platform they hope will provide a wide range of on-demand ‘pay-as-you-play’ and subscription based mobile interactive sports and entertainment services.
BHB offers bookie discount
The British Horseracing Board has proposed a scheme that would cut the cost of getting live pictures and data on UK racing into betting shops from next May.
Craigie Taylor wins Wallaby gig
UK sports sponsorship consultants Craigie Taylor has been appointed to look after Vodafone's sponsorship of Australia's rugby union tour of Europe throughout November.