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IEC SIGNS TENNIS TOURNAMENT
IEC in Sports has acquired all international television rights to the JVC Ladies Open in Vienna next month.
ITALY PM MEETS AGNELLI TO DISCUSS TURIN OLYMPIC BID
Italy's Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema met Fiat honorary chairman Giovanni Agnelli and other members of a Turin-based group on Monday to discuss the city's bid to host the 2006 winter Olympic Games.
NEW MOVES TO INCLUDE GOLF IN 2008 GAMES
The Nordic Golf Federation is to launch a campaign to have golf included in the 2008 Olympic Games.
FORMAT FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW
Holders Real Madrid will find out their first opponents in the 2000/2001 Champions League on
JOINT AUSTRIA-HUNGARY BID FOR EURO 2004 "GAINING SUPPORT"
Austria's joint-bid with Hungary to host the 2004 European soccer Championship finals should be taken "very seriously," Beppo Mauhart, the president of the Austrian F.A., has said.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL-NO BEACH? NO PROBLEM.
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.For more on this see FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
WTA TOUR IS IN DEMAND WITH PAY-PER-VIEW
iN Demand, the US pay-per-view network, is to showcase its first-ever sports production this autumn with the debut of five Sanex WTA Tour tournaments.
SPAIN FIRST FOR EURO 2004 VISIT
The bidding process for the right to stage the 2004 European soccer championship moves up a gear this week when UEFA inspectors go to Spain - the first visit to one of the bidding nations.
SCOTLAND PLANS BID FOR EURO 2008
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has taken another step towards bidding to host the 2008 European soccer championships with the publication on Wednesday of a feasibility study.
UNITED SPORT EXTREME WAKE UP CALL
The Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal with United Sport to broadcast Wake Up!
IOC EVALUATION COMMITTEE PROGRAMME REVEALED
The IOC has annunced an autumn programme of evaluation visits to cities hoping to stage the 2006 Winter Olympics.
SALT LAKE OLYMPICS SPONSOR SENDS DELAYED PAYMENT
The disgraced Salt Lake City Winter Olympics has had a boost after a key sponsor that had delayed a payment said it was reassured appropriate actions were being taken to clean up the scandal.
AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND MEET TO DISCUSS EURO 2008 BID
Austrian and Swiss soccer officials will meet in Bern on March 9 to discuss a possible joint bid to host the 2008 European Championships, officials said on Tuesday.
AUSTRIANS AND SWISS SET TO TEAM UP FOR SOCCER EVENT
Austria's soccer federation has been approached by Switzerland's head of state Adolf Ogi to discuss a possible joint-bid for Euro 2008, according to local media reports.
CAMEROON CHIEF IN TICKETS PROBE
Cameroon's soccer chief Vincent Onana is being investigated by judicial authorities over the alleged sale in Europe of World Cup tickets meant for Cameroon fans, officials said on Friday.
FIS HEAD FEARS IOC PARALYSED ON DRUGS
The Winter sports federations will take drug testing into their own hands and will demand a say in the selection of future venues for Winter Olympic Games, skiing's top official has said.
POWERBOAT STANDARDS SET AS SERIES GETS UNDERWAY
The opening leg of the UIM Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, will be used as a benchmark for other venues of the 14-round UIM world championship
AUSTRIANS TURN ON TO EURO 2000 TO LIVE OUT FANTASY OF SUCCESS
Austrian state broadcasting organisation Oesterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) reports that its TV coverage of the Euro 2000 semi final between France and Portugal attracted 1.13 million Austrian citizens while 1.369 million watched the match between Italy and the Netherlands. Women accounted for 30% of this figure.