Europe

English Premier League West Ham United have been given the go-ahead to redevelop their London home Upton Park.
Events

The UK government may still permit the broadcast rights of certain World Cup 2002 matches to be sold to pay-TV operators ? despite a statement last week claiming all 64 matches are listed events.
Events

Wembley officials have rejected British government criticism that they had failed to produce plans for a national stadium capable of hosting both the Olympics and the soccer World Cup.
Business

The Women's Tennis Association has received an injection of cash from US high-tech stock market Nasdaq.

UEFA are planning a radical Europe-wide salary cap to fight football's inflation problem - but are certain to face furious opposition from top continental leagues.

France's world-beating soccer team will come out on Tuesday in support of Paris's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
Media

English Premier League team Aston Villa is the latest to be in negotiating with cable giant NTL with a view to the company taking a stake in the Birmingham club.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA has asked its member countries to take firm action against anyone involved in the falsification of passports.

British governing body UK Athletics is to announce a major new sponsor later this week.
Business

A Toronto city councillor has warned that taxpayers may drown in debt if the city emerges as the host of 2008 Olympics.

Sport continues to generate the most viewers of pan-European television, according to the TGI Europa 2000 survey released today.
Events

Paris officials have abandoned plans to hold the gymnastics in the historic Grand Palais if they win their bid to host the 2008 Olympics.
Business

The eight quarter-finalists from the 1999 World Cup will be granted automatic qualification for the 2003 tournament in Australia and New Zealand, the International Rugby Board said on Friday.

Sportal has concluded a number of high profile deals that further re-enforce its position as one of the leading sports websites in France.
Business

Global sports goods maker adidas has renewed its sponsorship of soccer's World Cup as part of a marketing drive to stay the world's number one soccer brand.
Business

Portuguese international Abel Xavier has decided to fight a nine-month ban by soccer's European governing body UEFA in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Media

Goal Media Group, the digital media company that produces.goalnetwork.com and todogol.com, has signed an exclusive internet partnership with a Hong Kong and Chinese market online soccer publisher.
Events

The Tour de France chief has asserted that the credibility of the race is at stake this year and that organisers would act with the greatest severity against drugs offenders.