Stadia
NFL WIRELESS SERVICE EXCEEDS 10,000 MARK
The NFL?s wireless service has already attracted more than 10,000 users.
SOCCER CLUB FUNDS FEMALE ACADEMY
English Premier League soccer club Arsenal has claimed a first by launching their female academy.
LA BIDS TO HOST OLYMPICS FOR HISTORIC 3RD TIME
Los Angeles has made a bid to host the summer Olympic Games for an unprecedented third time, saying it had the finance, facilities and experience that would allow Olympic officials to "sleep at night."
BRITISH GRAND PRIX SECURED IN NEW 15-YEAR DEAL
The future of the British Grand Prix has been secured after an agreement between the Brands Hatch and Silverstone circuits to hold the event at Silverstone for the next 15 years.
BERLIN TO HOST SPEEDWAY GP
Berlin will host its first Speedway Grand Prix when the series comes to the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium on May 5, 2001.
ATHENS VENUE CONSTRUCTION TOPS IOC INSPECTION AGENDA
The head of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team said he was optimistic about the troubled 2004 Athens Games and he would concentrate on ensuring venue construction was on schedule during his visit.
BROADBAND SPORTS ACQUIRES ACTION SPORTS PORTAL
Broadband Sports, the US-based interactive sports media company, has acquired Action Sports Network, the internet portal offering information and pictures for skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing enthusiasts.
SALT LAKE TICKETS BOOM ONLINE
Online ticket requests for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games may soon exceed the record total tickets sold through the internet for the recent Summer Games in Sydney.
SPORTVISION AND NATIONAL MOBILE TELEVISION SIGN DEAL
National Mobile Television (NMT), the provider of mobile television production equipment, has agreed to permanently install Sportvision?s video insertion technologies on NMT trucks in the U.S.
SURFINGSPORTS.COM ADDS VIDEO TO SPORTS CHANNEL
eSynch Corporation, a supplier of technological services for the streaming media and video-on-demand markets, has partnered SurfingSports.com to broadcast extreme sports videos to broadband internet users.
BROADBAND SPORTS TRAFFIC SURGES
Online media content producer Broadband Sports saw its consolidated online traffic surge to an all-time high of nearly two million unique visitors in September 2000.
FANS CLAIM NEW WEMBLEY TICKETS WILL COST `$75 MINIMUM?
Tickets to the new Wembley Stadium could have a minimum price-tag of #50 ($73) according to supporter groups.
ITALIAN CLUBS HIT BY FINES OVER CROWD TROUBLE
Italian soccer sides AC Milan and Napoli have been fined a total of 45 million lire ($19,450) for crowd trouble at their weekend league matches.
STADIUM OF LIGHT RAISES SUNDERLAND REVENUES
Sunderland Plc has reported a trebling of annual profits as the team prospered in its first season in the lucrative Premier League - filling the Stadium of Light stadium to capacity.
SOCCEREX 2000: BIRSE UNVEILS ONE-STOP STADIUM CONCEPT
Birse Construction has unveiled a new ?one-stop? concept in stadium design and construction at Soccerex 2000, the soccer industry trade show in Manchester.
SPORTAL JOINS INTERNET INDUSTRY WATCHDOG
Sportal, the UK-based internet sports provider, has become the first purely dot.com company to join BIPA, the British Internet Publishers Alliance.
IOC WEB BAN BLASTED AS `SHORTSIGHTED?
The IOC?s decision to ban any Olympic Games broadcast on the internet has been blasted by some of the world?s biggest online news services.
RECEIVERS SHUT DOWN WORLDSPORT.COM OPERATIONS
Worldsport.com, the sports internet company, which operates the web sites of over 50 international sports federations, has been shut down by the company?s receivers