Israel

Octagon has confirmed that it has bought the video and DVD rights for this year's World Cup through an agreement reached with KirchSport.

Octagon has confirmed that it has bought the video and DVD rights for this year's World Cup through an agreement reached with KirchSport.

Nasdaq-listed virtual imaging company Princeton Video Image has closed its acquisition of the assets of the Israel-based SciDel Technologies.

US-based virtual imaging company Princeton Video Image (PVI) is set to acquire the assets of its Israel-based rival SciDel Technologies.

The hosts for the next three Final Four events in European basketball's calendar have been chosen by Euroleague chiefs.

The National Hockey League has expanded its international reach by signing TV deals in a number of eastern European regions.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has come out against the Chelsea players who missed a UEFA Cup match in Israel because of worries about their safety, saying the "god of football" was watching as they lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv.

South Korea's top police officer vowed on Tuesday to keep terrorists and soccer hooligans away from the 2002 World Cup and said American and other missions were receiving extra protection amid US-led attacks on Afghanistan.

English Premier League soccer club Chelsea has decided to remove the name of its sponsors, the airline Emirates, from its shirts when the team plays in Israel later this month in deference to the political instability in the Middle East.

Only 6,745 athletes from 42 nations have registered to take part in next month's Asian Games by the deadline this week, compared with the anticipated total of more than 8,700, the Games organising committee said.

T&T Sports Marketing has sold the exclusive global rights outside of South America for the South American qualifying matches for the World Cup 2002 to Dream Sports International.

German media group Kirch has agreed to buy Swiss sports rights marketing company CWL Telesport & Marketing AG in a move to expand its international soccer business.

The 2000 NBA All-Star Game, taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area, February 11- 13, will be shown in 205 countries, with a potential audience of 750million households.

Octagon CSI, the television division of the Octagon Group, will unveil a number of new football programming opportunities at this year?s Sportel in Monaco.

Israel?s soccer league kicks off this weekend, and for many clubs the main goal will be avoiding relegation or surviving a season already overshadowed by cash problems.

KSS Sports and Leisure Design Ltd, the London-based Sports Entertainment design group, have been selected by the Haifa Economic Corporation Ltd, to masterplan and design the new Haifa Sports Complex in Israel.