Events

International sports leaders like to pretend to others, if not themselves, that sport is blissfully removed from politics.

Hurt by the biggest corruption scandal in its history and the perennial problem of drugs in sport, it would be no surprise if the Olympic movement turned to a clean-cut doctor to run its affairs.

US broadcaster RCN Corporation has failed in its attempt to glean secondary sports content from Cablevision after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threw out the appeal.

British Eurosport has secured the live rights to the England versus Greece UEFA Under-21 European Championship qualifier.

ANC Sports, the marketing and media company which supplies signage systems for sports venues has signed a $12 million deal with financial services company GE Capital.

Gibraltar, obliged to play at last week's Sudirman Cup under the neutral flag of the International Badminton Federation (IBF), hit out at the federation's annual general meeting on Sunday.

Sport featured strongly with US television audiences last month, making up 16 of the top 20 shows broadcast on US cable channels in May.

Gaming Insight, the parent company of Gobarkingmad, the live 24-hour greyhound racing digital television channel where punters can see a race every five to eight minutes, has signed a five-year deal with betting company Victor Chandler to provide 140,000 Chandler account holders with a direct link to www.gobarkingmad.com.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' quest for a new stadium has produced the first volley in a potential bidding war among the suburbs.

India's professional golf tour has no plans to hand the commercial rights for the coming season to a fresh bidder, the Indian Professional Golfers' Association (PGAI) said on Monday.

US broadcasters, Turner Network Television (TNT) and NBC have sold 11 of the title sponsorship entitlements for their joint coverage of the 20 NASCAR Winston Cup races.

Chung Mong Joon, South Korean vice-president of soccer’s world governing body FIFA has urged its president Sepp Blatter to reveal all he knows about the financial collapse of its marketing agent ISL-ISMM.

The NFL’s Baltimore Ravens have begun discussions with PSINet Inc in relation to the US internet access provider’s 20-year, $104 million naming rights deal.

UK soccer stadium operator Stadium Radio has signed Clear Channel Radio Sales (CCRS) to sell advertising on the group’s array of stations in a new five-year deal.

Australian broadcaster Seven Network has defended its decision to only show delayed coverage of the first two-hour sessions of this summer’s Ashes contests between England and Australia, stating that it could not justify screening the cricket in an early evening timeslot.

FIFA and Avaya Inc are set to unveil an accord under which the US business communications group will sponsor the 2002 and 2006 World Cup soccer championships, football's governing body said on Wednesday.