Europe

Leading IOC member Jacques Rogge is poised to take over the most powerful job in world sport as IOC president in July, according to the results of a new survey.

In a case with major implications for player's freedom of movement, Lilia Malaja, the Polish basketball player, has won her conflict with the French Basketball federation (FFB) over their limit on two foreigners per squad.

The future of Formula One's Grand Prix weekends will be discussed at a meeting of team chiefs and the sport's leading powerbrokers today.

The Greek government has announced that the budget for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens will come to $5 billion. Officials said the new 1.8 trillion drachmas budget was decided at a special cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Costas Simitis, and was approved by Finance Minister Yannos Papantoniou.

Former VfB Stuttgart and UEFA chief Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder has been elected president of the German Soccer Federation (DFB).

Deloitte & Touche reveals the findings of its 2000 Annual Review of Football Finance in London tomorrow.

A member of the board responsible for organising the Sydney Olympics has slammed the group's lack of internal communication on Tuesday, saying members were often kept in the dark over key decisions.

Franz Beckenbauer officially opened the offices of the organising committee of the 2006 soccer World Cup on Thursday.

English Premier League soccer club, Aston Villa, has reported a #4.9m ($7.4m) pre-tax loss for the year to May, against #20.2m ($30m) last time.

India has made a bid to stage the 15th Asian Games in 2006.

Time differences between the host country of major sporting events and the major TV markets do not impact heavily on broadcaster values, according to panelists at the Sport Business 2000 Conference.

Germany's EM.TV & Merchandising said talks on a rescue bid by rival media group Kirch would continue but the embattled company declined to comment whether the discussions remained exclusive.

Holiday firm and co-sponsor of the West Indies cricket tour of the UK, Sandals, in conjunction with Channel 4 Television, are bringing a taste of Caribbean holiday spirit to the UK this summer.

The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) has threatened to withdraw the 2005 World Championships from London over doubts concerning the proposed #95million stadium at Picketts Lock.

The chief executive of Manchester United ? Martin Edwards ? is expected to make an announcement to the stock exchange on Monday in which he will reveal he is to resign.

The European Union's highest court will rule on Thursday whether to strike down the bloc's legislation to bring in a ban on tobacco advertising.