Media

UEFA's legal team has moved quickly to thwart attempts by English Premier League players to copyright and earn money from their most famous goals.

Wpp.com has invested in TWI Interactive, the rapidly growing sports new media arm of IMG.

The lottery grant of #120m which bought Wembley may have to be paid back in full if the project is not given the go-ahead by planners in March.

Extending viewer choice is the key to enhancing the value of Olympic Games television contracts according to IOC vice-president Dick Pound.

Chinese swimming officials have vowed to intensify a crackdown on drug abuse by conducting more tests and slapping life bans on steroid cheats, state media has said.

Leading sports event media and marketing group ISL have appointed Dagmar Brandenstein managing director of ISL Television Ltd. Daniel Beauvois will move to the headquarters of ISL in Lucerne, Switzerland to head the newly formed Media Division.

Delta Air Lines is to sponsor the ATP Senior Tour of Champions this year.

Michael Richter of the Czech advertising agency IP Praha has said his company's revenues from ads during the World Cup will bebetween 25 and 30 million crowns.

The admitted mastermind of a scheme to fix basketball games at Arizona State University has been sentenced to 46 months in a federal prison.

Asia basketball fans have been given a boost with the news that ESPN Star Sports will air 77 National Basketball Association (NBA) live games each season for the next four years from this November.

European soccer champions Real Madrid have bolstered their commercial operation with the appointment of UK based merchandising consultants Zone signed Deloitte & Touche.

Work will re-start this Autumn on Oxford United's #15 million stadium after a mystery buyer emerged to save the debt-ridden club.

Visa International has announced it has secured a major new sponsorship deal with the FA Premier League - English soccer?s showcase competition.

The company behind plans to set up a European super league has met UEFA officials for the first time to discuss the idea.

Manchester United director Peter Kenyon has moved to reassure Premiership member's fears over the developing European Superleague, while Media Partners unveiled a preliminary league structure.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson has said he was confident that UEFA's plans to reform their club competitions would prevent the creation of a breakaway European Super League.

The Italian Soccer League has said it will call a "time out" before discussing a project backed by Media Partners and JP Morgan to create a pan-European Super League.

While US broadcasters are obliged to air at least three hours of educational children's programming each week, the FCC has still not ruled on the sensitive issue of preempting Saturday morning educational fare for sports.