Events

Internet TV company Kamera Interactive is to deliver broadband broadcasts from the Olympic Games for Swedish communication company Bredbandsbolaget (B2).

The International Olympic Committee has selected Copyright Control Services (CCS) to provide exclusive internet anti-piracy operations and internet content protection solutions for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has chosen Tunisia as host nation for the African Nations Cup finals in 2004.

Thailand has said it would pursue its dream of hosting the Olympics despite rejection of its bid for the 2008 Summer Games.

Octagon Marketing ? a division of sports marketing giant Octagon ? is opening an office in Seoul, Korea.

Australian sports fans have responded to Australian success in the swimming pool and on the tennis court, raising the two Olympic sports to the top of the popularity charts.

Nearly 500 Special Olympics professionals, leaders, volunteers and friends from the Unites States, Mexico and Canada will gather in Kansas City, August 16-19, for the Special Olympics 2000 North America Conference.

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

Pumatech, the software infrastructure provider, is to sponsor professional golfer Jeff Brehaut on the PGA Tour. Brehaut, 37, will sport the Pumatech logo on his golf bag, cap and shirt at PGA Tour events.

International Olympic Committee's top marketers on have predicted record television viewing levels for next month's Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, insisting the movement has recovered from the Salt Lake City scandal.

ESPN Pacific Rim and ESPN Latin America are to broadcast live coverage of two of the top games in soccer?s Scottish Premier League to open its coverage of the new season.

BBC director-general Greg Dyke is considering plans to use commercial outlets such as video-on-demand services to help revamp BBC sport, following a review of the division by acting director Richard Sambrook.

Workmen at Sydney's Olympic stadium were forced into an embarrassing cover-up on Wednesday after accidentally revealing the Olympic cauldron to media.

The International Olympic Committee has appointed Sports Marketing Surveys to conduct worldwide television monitoring and broadcast analysis research for the Sydney Olympic Games.

The naming rights to the Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field will be up for grabs in 2003.

UK pay-TV digital service Sky Sports has signed three new exclusive soccer deals.