Stadia

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has promised his government would do all it could to support Germany's bid for the 2006 World Cup.

European soccer's ruling body UEFA said on Friday it was determined not to repeat the mistakes that blighted the ticketing arrangements for this summer's World Cup finals at the 2000 European championships.

Baseball owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Florida Marlins to commodities trader John Henry.

Major League Baseball's 2001 All-Star Game will be held in Seattle's new retractable-roof stadium, league officials have announced.

A season-long experiment of using two referees to control matches is likely to be approved at the annual meeting of soccer's law-making International Board on Saturday.

English Premier League soccer champions Arsenal has announced a #12million ($20m) sponsorship deal with Japanese video game giants Sega.

UK entrepreneur Peter Wilkinson yesterday picked up his second fortune by selling his website design business Planetfootball for #24m ($46m) to Sports Internet Group, the Aim-listed company.

Cablevision Systems, owners of the NBA New York Knicks, the NHL New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden, have reported a narrower-than-expected loss, boosted by strength in its cable televsion and programming businesses.

The National Football League has said it is comfortable with the number of premium seats sold to date for the proposed new Boston stadium in Foxborough, but people involved in the project said the facility would have fewer corporate suites than originally publicized.

Broadcom Corporation, an enabler of broadband communications to homes and businesses, and Gotcha International, the surfwear and media company, have launched Broadband Interactive Group Inc. (BIG) to create interactive content aimed at the 10-24 year-old age group.

Russian champions Spartak Moscow will appeal against an order banning fans from tomorrow's home match after their followers clashed with police at their lastgame.

At a time when public funding of NFL and ball-park stadium facilities is the subject of a US senator's bill demanding greater financial input from league's and teams, the Canadian government has taken a step in the opposite direction.

Hewlett-Packard, an official sponsor of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup (WWC), have said that the event exceeded its sponsorship expectations.

Global Sports Inc, the e-Commerce company with exclusive agreements to operate the Internet businesses of multiple sporting goods retailers, have accepted an $80m strategic investment by SOFTBANK Corp.

The 20th Southeast Asian games begin on Saturday with attention focused as much on the tiny sultanate of Brunei as the actual competition itself.

A #30m investment programme ear-marked for The Royal Antwerp Football Club, the oldest club in the Belgian league, has proved to be a sham.