Sponsorship & Marketing

Nasdaq-listed US racecourse and wagering operation Churchill Downs Inc has recorded revenues of $163.3million (?185m) for the second quarter, an increase of 24.0 percent, compared with $132.2m (?150m) for the same period last year.

Yet another South American soccer tournament is in danger of disappearing as doubts arise about the participation of Brazilian teams in the Copa Mercosur 2002.

English soccer club Crystal Palace is trying to establish a partnership with Walt Disney World to become the entertainment giant's official football club.

Leading IOC member Jacques Rogge is poised to take over the most powerful job in world sport as IOC president in July, according to the results of a new survey.

Over ten per cent of spectators at English Premier League soccer matches earn more than #50,000 ($71,000) a year and Chelsea fans are the most well off supporters in the league, according to a survey.

A domestic record 5.55m rupees ($117,000) is to be paid for each cricket Test India plays in a deal agreed with international sports management firm IMG.

FIFA has postponed the World Club Championship, set for the end of July, until 2003.

NBC has sold ? just under 70 percent of its available commercial air time? for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, according to NBC Olympics chief operating officer Randy Falco.

Australia?s top Olympic Games chiefs have been rewarded with hefty pay rises for what was described as the ?best ever? Olympic games in Sydney in September.

Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid is close to finalising a deal for the sale of its city-centre training facilities which will mean the club clears its huge debt of more than $250 million in one fell swoop.

ISL has not been paying its workers pension contributions, according to a UK newspaper report.

Italy's Serie A side Fiorentina and Investment bank Morgan Stanley are in talks which could lead to the purchase of the Florence club, Italian newspapers reported on Tuesday.

The soccer merchandising market has suffered a blow following the failure of Arsenal Football Club to obtain a ruling in the High Court to protect its trademarks from unofficial competition.

Online betting and gaming company Ladbrokes eGaming Ltd has stepped up its Far East recruitment campaign by signing an exclusive representative deal with Asia's leading independent sports marketing agency, Total Sports Asia Ltd.

The 2004 Athens Olympic Games has exceeded combined national and international sponsorship targets, amassing more than $430 million, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.

The Nasdaq Stock Market has signed on as the North American presenting sponsor for the Sanex WTA Tour.