Media

Canal Plus, the French media group, says four top Italian soccer teams had awarded exclusive broadcasting rights to Telepiu, its 90%-owned Italian subsidiary.

Manchester United fans vowed on Wednesday to fight every inch of the way to stop their club being taken over by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB.

Talks have heated up in Cablevision System Corp.'s negotiations to buy the New York Yankees, with an offer that could leave the Yankess owner controlling three of the regions pro-sports franchises.

The Melbourne Cricket Club could lose the right to run the world famous Melbourne Cricket Ground under the State Government's radical plan to "professionalise" the ground's management by removing sports clubs and politicians.

San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. looks set to enter a plea bargain Tuesday in connection with the investigation of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, a move which could help his bid to regain control of the team.

The English Cricket Board is expected to announce that home Test matches will be screened by Channel 4 when its current agreement with the BBC ends in 2000.

A senior Pakistani cricket official has said that accusations of gambling and match-fixing were part of a conspiracy aimed at ruining the reputations of some of the country's international players.

Britain's commercial television companies have said they are to launch the country's sixth terrestrial television channel, ITV2, on December 7 with the declared aim of capturing younger viewers.

The Organising Committee for the Olympic Football Tournaments, Sydney 2000, has reaffirmed their ruling on age limits, and announced that the Men's Olympic final will be played in Sydney's new Olympic Stadium.

The Sydney Olympics won a A$200 million tax break from the national government's proposed goods and services tax (GST), a spokesman for state Olympics minister Michael Knight has said.

French digital satellite TV service Television par Satellite (TPS) said on Wednesday that it will launch an interactive soccer news channel from December 19.

The new British American Racing (BAR) Formula One team unveiled its cars today - and put itself on a collision course with FIA chiefs.

Dutch International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Anton Geesink has said he was innocent of any wrongdoing and slammed Dutch media for turning public opinion against him.

Olympics boss Juan Antonio Samaranch has launched a scathing attack against media critics who have called for him to quit over the Salt Lake City corruption scandal.

Charlotte Motor Speedway is to become the first track on the NASCAR circuit to change its name to reflect a sponsorship deal.

Irish drink giant Guinness has signed a #4 million deal to sponsor British commercial network ITV?s coverage of this year?s Rugby World Cup.