Middle East
HINGIS TAKES ONE SMALL STEP FOR FEMINISM IN GULF
Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce did not exactly blaze a trail for feminism when they played in the first women's tennis tournament in the Gulf region this week. But they were part of a quiet revolution taking place in the area.
GALATASARAY, REAL TO PLAY IN WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
UEFA Cup and European Super Cup winners Galatasaray and European champions Real Madrid will represent Europe at the second World Club Championship from July 29 to August 12 in Spain, FIFA said on Thursday.
AUSSIES LAND SPONSOR DEAL
Middle Eastern Emirate Airlines has announced it has teamed up with the Australian Cricket Board to sponsor the Australian World Cup team this year.
TS.COM SCOOPS TOP NET AWARD
Online ticket company ts.com has scooped the award of `best application service provider? at a Euro-wide award ceremony.
THREE SHARE FIFA FAIR PLAY AWARD
Iran, the United States and Northern Ireland have been jointly awarded FIFA's 1998 Fair Play prize.
OCTAGON CSI LAUNCHES SOCCER PROGRAMMING AT SPORTEL 2001
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.
PLAYERS LOOK TO CHARGE FOR TV GOALS
English Premier League soccer players could register goals that are repeated on television as their own intellectual property, according to a report in The Observer newspaper.
JORDAN SETS TOUGH TALK AGENDA
Michael Jordan confirmed yesterday that the NBA Player's union is unified and will never accept a hard salary cap.
NBA SEEKS FREER FLOWING GAMES AFTER TAKING "BIG HIT"
This was the year the NBA took "a big hit," Commissioner David Stern noted at his annual state of the league news conference.
JORDAN BACK TO PRACTICE FOR POSSIBLE RETURN
Michael Jordan has been showing the youngsters how it is done in Washington Wizard workouts, but the 38-year-old team president is holding off on a decision about returning to the court for the NBA team.
SPORTSLINE.COM BUYS MVP.COM ASSETS
Online sports media company SportsLine.com has bought some assets of MVP.com, the online retailer with ties to basketball star Michael Jordan and hockey star Wayne Gretzky, and tapped a USA Networks unit to operate its flagship internet sports service's online store.
NIKE ADDS TO APPAREL TEAM
Nike chairman and CEO Phil Knight has named Mindy Grossman as global vice president of apparel.
JORDAN TO WITHDRAW FROM SPONSOR CIRCUIT?
Basketball legend Michael Jordan will withdraw gradually from the product endorsement arena as he makes the transition from superstar athlete to businessman, several companies have said.
MALAYSIA AMAZED AT LOSING ASIAN GAMES TO QATAR
Malaysian sports officials were dumbfounded after the country lost its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games to Qatar.
KOREAN WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS `WELL ON TRACK?
South Korea's preparations for the co-hosting of the 2002 World Cup are well on track to be completed before the December 2001 deadline set by FIFA, according to event co-ordinator Peter Velappan.
DUBAI PRIZE UP TO $5M
The value of the Dubai World Cup has been increased by $1 million to $5 million - making it the world's richest horse race.
CHELSEA’S BATES DEFENDS WEST STAND TICKET PRICES
Ken Bates, chairman of London soccer club Chelsea, has defended ticket prices for the new West Stand at Stamford Bridge where fans could pay #197 ($287) per match next season.
BLATTER BOOST FOR ASIAN WORLD CUP PLACES
A prominent member of soccer's world governing body FIFA believes Asia is winning the battle for more places in the World Cup finals in 2002.