Stadia
Events

Media Content has signed a deal with Canal Plus to launch World Wrestling Federation Entertainment in France.
Business

On the day that News Corps and Vivendi have proposed a joint shareholding of their digital businesses, European media big-hitters Bertelsmann, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert and Pearson (PTV) have agreed to merge CLT-UFA, Europe's leading commercial television and radio broadcaster, with Pearson Television, the independent television production company.
Stadia

Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones has invested ?several million dollars? to become one of the primary stockholders in Santa Monica-based Broadband Sports, which produces approximately 200 professional athletes sites on athletesdirect.com.
Business

E.comsport, an internet company aiming to challenge club?s reliance on information from agents, is set to float on AIM with a market value of #20m.
Media

A US company is mounting a challenge to a consortium made up of Channel 4, the BBC and cable firm NTL, for the Internet rights to British horseracing.
Business

Chinadotcom corporation, the pan-Asian integrated Internet company, has entered into an official Website sponsorship agreement with the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and its exclusive agent, ISL Asia Pacific.
Stadia

The Salt Lake City Olympic organising committee has used the Internet to launch its hunt for a volunteer workforce to assist during the event.
Events

US soccer is coming to the German Internet market after DotCom Ventures ? a subsidiary of the Peacock Financial Group ? struck a web co-production agreement with Cyware Media.
Business

BSkyB has signed a long-term agreement with Tottenham Hotspur to design, develop and maintain the club?s Internet site.
Business

Hartford, Connecticut is expected to receive $2.4 million from the NFL to settle legal issues surrounding the New England Patriots? botched plans to move to the city, according to a report in a US newspaper.
Events

Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) has appointed Bovis Lend Lease/ Multiplex Constructions Limited as the preferred contractors for the construction of the new Wembley Stadium.
Stadia

Sydney's Olympic environmental watchdog has said the city would stage the "greenest" Games in Olympic history.
Media

Barcelona has made a bid to host the next bout of former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, according to local press reports.
Media

Artificial turf can be used for official international matches outside the finals of FIFA competitions, world soccer's governing body has said.
Events

Yahoo! Sports has launched an enhanced site, emphasising more integrated audio and video broadcast streaming, expanded international and local event coverage, as well as sports shopping and auctions e-commerce capabilities.
Business

Manchester United are poised to clinch the most lucrative sponsorship deal in the history of the English game.
Events

The first test of enhanced security measures for next year's European soccer championships caused long traffic tailbacks at the weekend and led to complaints from local residents.
Business

Southampton Leisure, parent company of English Premier League soccer club Southampton, has sold the club's ground in a deal worth #5million ($7.5m).