Stadia

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

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

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.

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

The Times Mirror Co says it has decided to sell The Sporting News, the country's oldest sports magazine, as well as a professional training company, a health information unit and an interactive software firm.

The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) is joining forces with the European Broadcasting Union at next week's Sportel in Monaco to present a breakfast seminar.

Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics has awarded the Pepsi-Cola Group, the exclusive carbonated soft drink pouring rights and sponsorship at Network Associates Coliseum (`The Net?) making Pepsi its `Official Soft Drink?.

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.

Quokka Sports and British Telecommunications (BT) have teamed up to provide live Web site coverage of "the world's toughest yacht race", the BT Global Challenge 2000-01.

A UK betting shop chain, Firststake, is planning a stock market flotation in order to raise funds for a UK-based internet betting venture, according to the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.

Voters in St. Paul have rejected a proposed sales tax hike that would have helped build a new stadium for baseball's Minnesota Twins of American League.

365 Corporation, the UK-based sports internet company, has published its prospectus for flotation, valuing the group at up to #273m.

England's Premier League has became the first domestic competition in world soccer to authorise an on-line betting system.

Almost two-thirds (65%) of the UK adult population watched England play Scotland in the Euro 2000 soccer playoffs.

Superbowl.com, the NFL's official Super Bowl site, has gone live.

Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox and Internet venture Ignite Sports Media have agreed a multi-year Internet media rights licensing contract.