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Canadian broadcaster TSN says first round World Cup matches have produced outstanding ratings.

Europe's leading professional soccer leagues have said they would boycott January's conference after a meeting of European leagues in Brussels.

The European Commission is to examine the ticketing arrangements for the Euro 2000 soccer championship finals for compatibility with EU competition rules.

The IOC cannot be expected to help China with any internal issues or foreign disputes during the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said.

The IAAF World Cross Country Championships will no longer take place in Dublin on 24-25 March, as originally planned ? the latest victim of the UK outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease.

Soccer's leaders headed for a "summit" with the European Commission today with no clear consensus on how to revamp a player transfer system the Brussels executive says is illegal.

Belgian champions Anderlecht has said they had been invited to join the so-called G14 lobby group that unites some of Europe's premier soccer clubs.

National football association official?s from the countries at the heart of the proposed ?Atlantic League? have met today for further discussions with club representatives.

Disputed offside decisions will be a thing of the past if Belgian inventor Antoon Soetens has his way.

British MPs have backed emergency legislation to curb soccer hooliganism, despite members from all parties expressing concerns over civil liberties.

England's bid to stage the 2006 World Cup finals appears to have been dealt a fatal blow by the violent behaviour of the hooligans who caused mayhem over the weekend in Belgium, according to senior FIFA figures.

A final allotment of 48,000 Euro 2000 tickets will go on sale today, although they are available only to supporters in Belgium and the Netherlands.

The European Union and its member states could be treated as a single country and only host two grands prix a year in the future, according to International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley.

Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, is now available on digital cable in Germany.

Euro 2000 will be less profitable for co-hosts the Netherlands than originally thought, research has indicated.

A Belgian court will rule on whether the system of transfer fees for soccer players violates European Union rules, in a case reminiscent of a dispute over Brazilian striker Ronaldo's move to Inter Milan in 1997.