Football

Sunday's Super Bowl game will have fans glued to their screens with only quick breaks to check updates online, according to a pre-game survey by ComScore.

Almost two-thirds of TiVo users time-shifted throughout the Super Bowl live game last year which was broadcasted on CBS, according to media agency Starcom, dismissing notions that live sports are TiVo-proof.

The New England Patriots will beat the New York Giants by a score of 38-30 in the Super Bowl, at least according to the popular Madden NFL 08 football videogame.

Shares in Adidas rose more than 3 percent on Monday as traders cited market talk that U.S. rival Nike and Japanese sports shoe maker Asics were interested in the German company.

Investing in football club equities was once the domain of the staunch supporter, interested more in hanging a share certificate on the wall than making money.

Barclays today announced that it had renewed its global title sponsorship of the Premier League.

Yahoo Inc.and Intel Corp. said on Tuesday they are teaming up to pipe sports statistics to TV screens, targeting fans who devour data about real-world players to manage their fantasy teams.

A week after getting back into the NFL with the kickoff of its six-year TV package, NBC will drive forward into a big and growing-bigger portion of the sports world: fantasy football.

South Africa needs $858-million to commence its stadium renovations for the 2010 World Cup finals, the organizing committee told parliament on Tuesday.

Latin America's fixation with the football World Cup in the next month is likely to slow trade in the region but some wonder if it will be enough to dampen instability global markets.