Japan
Media

Beijing is eyeing the 2008 Olympics as a cure for problems ranging from choking smog to taxi-clogged streets, and as an image boost for the Communist capital.
Events

The head of South Korea's 2002 World Cup organising committee has resigned for personal reasons, a committee spokesman has confirmed.
Events

NBA fans in more than 750 million households around the world will be able to tune into the NBA Finals 2000 featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers.
Events

Time differences between the host country of major sporting events and the major TV markets do not impact heavily on broadcaster values, according to panelists at the Sport Business 2000 Conference.
Sponsorship & Marketing

chinadotcom corporation, a leading pan-Asian Internet company that has formed an Asian joint venture with Nirve Sports, the ?Generation Y? e-brand, to develop and market the Nirve brand in Asia.

China has set up a 76-member committee to organise Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Nissan Motor Co, heavily in debt and recently embarked on a drastic restructuring plan, has said it would not compete in the Le Mans 24 hour endurance race in 2000.
Business

The 13th Asian Games have currently earned a total of 5,022 million baht inrevenue.
Business

Two executives working for FIFA's marketing affiliate were placed under formal legal examination on Wednesday by a court investigating allegations of a World Cup ticket fraud, court sources said.
Business

The European Commission has for the first time issued guidelines saying how competition rules should apply to the broadcasting of sports events.
Stadia

South Korea, hit hard by a financial crisis, has asked Japan for $100 million in loans to build a new stadium for the 2002 World Cup finals, Japanese government sources have said.

Business

KGB chief Vladimir Matskevich has been installed as head of the Belarus Biathlon Federation in an effort to improve the country's standing in the sport.

Business

Asia has turned world soccer's favourite slogan back at governing body FIFA and asked for "Fair Play, Please."
Business

A former leader of Atlanta's bid for the 1996 Olympics said his group violated the gift rules of the International Olympic Committee in its pursuit of the Summer Games.

Business

Asia is threatening to walk out of this week's FIFA congress and says it will boycott the qualification period for the 2002 World Cup over the continuing row over tournament berths.

TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Tournament co-host Japan will accept a FIFA proposal to hold a signing ceremony for the 2002 World Cup in Zurich on
Business

Electronics giant Philips has become the fourteenth official partner of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament in Korea and Japan.
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Business

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday he would not step down following the collapse of marketing agent ISL and refused to call an extraordinary meeting of FIFA's executive committee.