MLB and Fox team up for World Series
Major League Baseball and Fox Sports Networks’ interactive divisions have teamed up to present online access to post-season action.
RFL clutches at straws
The potential financial crisis facing Great Britain’s Rugby Football League (RFL) has forced the sport to come up with an adequate replacement for the cancelled Australian Rugby League (ARL) tour which was due to start later this month.
Sonic seating system set up
LiquidSeats has signed an exclusive agreement with the NBA’s Seattle Sonics and Storm to provide a secondary ticketing exchange on the team’s website.
Lille smiles for new cameras
French soccer side Lille – in the process of upgrading its ground – has installed new hi-tech security cameras.
UEFA in cash offer to clubs
European soccer's governing body, UEFA, has five million Swiss francs ($3.08 million) available to compensate clubs who lost money as a result of their Champions League matches being postponed after the September 11 attacks in the United States, chief executive Gerhard Aigner said.
WWFE signs programming deals
World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has signed a series of agreements delivering more than 2,200 hours of WWFE programming across three continents.
PFA strikes may lead to job cuts
Football clubs in England may take advantage of the threat of strikes by reducing the size of their squads by up to 15 percent.
Bowls to become more ‘TV-friendly’
New rules are to be introduced by the World Bowls Tour in an attempt to streamline the game for television.
Blades results show substantial improvement
English First Division soccer club Sheffield United has come close to recording a morale-boosting profit for the year ending June 30, 2001 following a 13 percent increase in turnover to £6.5m ($9.4m/B
Eliades to throw legal punch at CPS
Boxing promoter Panos Eliades – who represented Lennox Lewis at the height of his career – is set to launch a massive multi-million dollar lawsuit against the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after charges of fraud against him were dropped.