Events

Fast Track, the sports consultancy founded by Alan Pascoe, has won its first major international consultancy contract.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is thought to have set a November 24 deadline for rival bids to be placed for the broadcast rights to the Australian Rules Football.

Sportsworld Media Group, the sports TV production, sponsorship and event marketing company, has acquired Infinite Management Solutions Ltd. (IMS) for A$850,000 ($442,000 ), of which A$450,000 ($234,000) will be paid in Sportsworld shares.

The NFL is offering European television stations free access to game highlights with a new Sunday-night highlights service.

The UK?s Sky Sports channel has signed a five-year deal with the British Speedway Promoters? Association for the broadcast rights to all British Speedway.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is creating a new sponsorship structure, which could result in the exit of McDonald?s as a sponsorship partner.

The capacity of Sydney Football Stadium may be increased to 50,000 with the expansion funded by the sale of naming rights, according to Australian press reports..

A French TV crew was ejected from the Swisscom Challenge on Wednesday, after harassing Anna Kournikova.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has awarded an Emmy to Symah Vision.

The World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has signed a multi-million dollar television distribution agreement in Japan.

British power hire group Aggreko Plc has been awarded a multi-million pound contract for temporary power to the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Sydney Games organisers shut the main Olympic Park to people without tickets or day passes, saying the site could not cope with the growing crush.

The Women In Sports Careers Foundation (WISC) has launched its Online Career Center in response to demand from sports organizations scrambling to find female applicants to fill their positions.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele has set up his own official web site in Portuguese to mark his 60th birthday.

The hosts of the 2004 African Nations Cup will be announced in Cairo on Monday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said.

This year?s WNBA Championship featuring a best-of-three game series between New York Liberty and the Houston Comets, will be broadcast to 154 countries and in 22 different languages.