Georgia

Jacksonville-based Universal Beverages has acquired the exclusive pouring rights for bottled water at Alltel Stadium, home to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons are pursing a relocation of the team's headquarters and training facilities from Suwanee, Georgia, to Stone Mountain Park in suburban Atlanta.

The trial of Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has taken a dramatic turn with prosecutors dropping murder and assault charges against the football star in exchange for his testimony against two co-defendants.

Edward O'Hara and Gregory Economou, the two principals of brand identity development company, SME Power Branding, have separated from the SFX Sports Group, which acquired the company in 1999.

The NFL has chosen the city of Atlanta, host for the 2000 Super Bowl, as one of four finalists to host Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. The other finalists are Jacksonville, Oakland and Miami.

US-based ticketing company Season Ticket Solutions has secured InvestLinc Financial Services, a Chicago-area business advisory and financial services firm, as the lead investor in a $5million (?5.71m) second round of private equity funding.

Yazaki North America, a supplier of vehicle power and data solutions to the automotive industry, has expanded its involvement in motor sports through a sponsorship agreement with LC Racing.

English rugby officials will put forward plans for a Six Nations Championship with 12 teams with emerging European nations forming a second division.

Revaz Arveladze, who was coach of Dynamo Tbilisi until a month ago, has been appointed president, he said on Thursday.

Dynamo Tbilisi, the former top Soviet side now mired in debt and facing possible extinction, has been put in the hands of Georgia's Interior Ministry.

The president of one of Georgia's top soccer teams has been found guilty of stealing more than $60,000 from the club but was freed after receiving a five-year suspended sentence, lawyers have said.

The Ladies European Tour Enterprises, the commercial arm of the Evian Ladies European Tour, has won three awards for its marketing of The Solheim Cup 2000 at Loch Lomond last month.

The Women's United Soccer Association, which plans to kick off next April, unveiled its nicknames, logos and venues.

The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) Atlanta franchise, operated by Cox Enterprises, is to play its inaugural season at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium.

E*TRADE Group, a global leader in electronic personal financial services, has signed an agreement with the NFL to sponsor the Super Bowl XXXIV Half-time Show.

The Lithuanian soccer federation has named Liutauras Varanavicius, chief executive officer of Ukio Bank, to replace acting president Vytautas Zimnickas.