Media

Could it be the most expensive tackle in soccer's history? The foul which saw England captain David Beckham's World Cup hopes hanging in the balance may cost him millions of dollars in commercial deals.

The financial problems facing Italian football clubs are mounting after it was revealed that a number of Serie A clubs have been unable to pay players' salaries for some months.

UK-based sports and entertainment programming company Sportsworld Media plc has called in the receivers following a failed attempt to find a purchaser for the entire company.

Sport + Markt, the German-based sports research firm is to open new offices in the UK, Italy and Spain.

Gaming International, the UK's second largest operator of greyhound tracks, is to build a new state-of-the-art stadium.

The British Horseracing Board has backed down on its financial demands from bookmakers for the rights to its pre-race data following recommendations from the secretary of state for culture, media and sport Tessa Jowell.

The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has reportedly asked satellite operator BSkyB and terrestrial network BBC to help save digital terrestrial channel ITV Digital from collapse.

Media Content has expanded outside its normal sports programming diet with a new deal struck with Devine Entertainment - and vowed there will be more non-sport deals to come.

Germany's premier football league, the Bundesliga, has called an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the potential financial crisis facing the division in the wake of the Kirch crisis.

ESPN in Latin America has sold the broadcast sponsorship to this week's Masters golf tournament to three major US corporations.

This summer's FIFA World Cup tournament could be the catalyst for a revival in the fortunes of the broadcast industry with estimates suggesting a surge in television advertising revenues for May and June.

TV rights to the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups have been moved to KirchSport after KirchMedia filed for insolvency this morning.

London law firm Fladgate Fielder has created a dedicated sports, media and technology Group (SMT).

A row is brewing within Scottish soccer amid claims the two biggest clubs in the Scottish Premier League - Celtic and Rangers - could be about to scupper plans the League had to set up its own TV channel.

The Arena Football League (AFL) has signed a sponsorship deal with ADT Security Services.

UK commercial network ITV has been forced to reduce the price of its soccer World Cup broadcasts by £1m according to media reports.