Czech Republic

Sparta Prague, the Czech Republic's top soccer club, is up for sale, say owners VSZ Holding.

ENIC, the London stock market-listed sports and leisure company, is looking to transfer its market listing from the main market to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) so that it can comply with UEFA rules on dual ownership of clubs.

Olympic organisers were more confident on Wednesday of being able to prepare a soccer pitch playing surface at Canberra in time for next month's Games, averting the need to move matches away from the federal capital.

International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch said he would serve his full term until 2001, dismissing suggestions he might resign at the end of the year.

ENIC Plc, the new owners of Tottenham Hotspur, have the qualities to restore the premier league soccer club to former glories but will not break the bank in the search of a quick fix, financial analysts say.

Olympic organisers could be forced to switch soccer games away from Canberra because of worries that its new playing surface would not be ready.

The most important case since the Bosman ruling in the European Court of Justice revolutionised players rights will be made in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne next week.

The World Championship 2003 Executive Council is to inform the International Ice-Hockey Federation (IIHF) board of problems surrounding the planned construction of an arena in Hagibor in Prague, which is to host the 2003 world ice-hockey championship.

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Soccer clubs under common ownership will not be allowed to take part in UEFA competitions starting next season, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Monday.

Alan Sugar's 10-year reign as the owner of Tottenham Hotspur ended on Wednesday when media group ENIC completed its purchase of his 26.9 percent holding, worth around 22 million pounds ($31.84 million).

Organisers of the Summer Olympics have played down concerns the playing surfaces for the soccer tournament would not be ready in time for the Games next month.

Enic managing director Daniel Levy has responded to the Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling on multi-club ownership.

Czech police have arrested the country's top soccer boss Frantisek Chvalovsky and charged him with credit fraud, the CTK news agency reported. Police suspect Chvalovsky, who heads the Czech-Moravian Football Association, of a 640 million crown ($17 million) fraud connected with debts of a company he leads, the agency said. Police were not available for comment.

Entertainment, sports and media group ENIC plc has offered to buy most of the 40% stake in Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur held by its chairman Alan Sugar, the Independent on Sunday reported.

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.