Austria

Ski legend Toni Sailer, a triple Olympic champion, has used the scene of Alpine skiing's blue-riband race to drum up support for Austria's bid to host the 2010 Winter Games.

One of Austria's leading winter sport stars has joined the push to enhance the country's bid for the 2010 Winter Games.

Austria's Formula One Grand Prix has been confirmed for another five years after local authorities agreed to cover the costs at the Spielberg circuit.

Scotland is considering a joint bid with the Republic of Ireland to host football's 2008 European Championships according to UK newspaper reports.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has come out against the Chelsea players who missed a UEFA Cup match in Israel because of worries about their safety, saying the "god of football" was watching as they lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv.

The Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have confirmed their intention to bid for the right to host the 2008 European Championships.

Sports internet and radio company TEAMtalk Media has bought struggling long-wave music station Atlantic 252.

Soccer's 2002 World Cup will not be seen in Switzerland, home of FIFA, after the national broadcaster ended negotiations with German media group Kirch - meaning FIFA staff based in Zurich will not be able to watch the tournament.

The four-country Nordic bid for the 2008 European football championships has announced the venues it is proposing to host the tournament.

When Austria was chosen as the venue for this year's beach volleyball world championships there was just one hitch - the landlocked Alpine nation has no beaches.

The Extreme Sports Channel, a joint venture between X-Dream International and UPC, Europe?s largest cable operator, has begun an advertising campaign on ski slopes across some of the most popular resorts in Austria.

Crvena Zvezda Belgrade has said they planned to ignore an order by UEFA to play a European match at a neutral venue because of political tension.

World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), the world skateboarding sanctioning body and tour organiser, has appointed action-sport marketing agency IMS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sportsworld Media Group plc to manage its commercial interests globally.

Red Star Belgrade, who are appealing against a UEFA decision to play the home leg of their UEFA Cup first round tie with Leicester City away from Belgrade, have picked Vienna and Skopje as alternative venues.

Switzerland's President Flavio Cotti has asked for the support of France and other French-speaking states for his country's bid to stage the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Nestling in vineyards on the outskirts of Vienna, the tiny village of Seebarn is an unlikely place to host a cricket tournament - especially one involving Finland and Croatia. For more on this story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.