Germany

Soccer club Borussia Dortmund has revived plans for a stock market flotation which would give Germany its first place in a European league of listed clubs led by Manchester United.

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.

German soccer chief Horst R. Schmidt has said that no money would be spared in his country's efforts to make the 2006 World Cup the best of all time.

The Copyright Promotions Licensing Group PLC (CPLG) will launch its 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan licensing programme at this summer?s ISPO sports trade fair.

Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) party called on Thursday for the German government to help pay for the redevelopment of Munich's Olympic Stadium, which will host the opening game of the 2006 World Cup.

Charles Dempsey, the FIFA executive committee member who abstained from voting in the final round of the 2006 World Cup decision, has spoken about the circumstances surrounding his decision.

Germany has sensationally won the right to stage the FIFA 2006 World Cup ? bringing soccer?s most valuable property back to European shores.

European soccer's governing body UEFA issued an official apology on Wednesday after a report on its media information website attacking England's Euro 2000 performances caused a major stir in Britain.

German border police have stopped 36 known troublemakers from travelling to Euro2000 since last week and had detained 116 others wanted for different crimes.

Octagon, the global sports and marketing group, has taken a substantial equity position in one of Germany?s most famous clubs.

European Gridiron football received a boost with the latest attendance figures from NFL Europe.

Purple Interactive, the company behind the unofficial formuala1.com web-site, is to a launch Eurosoccer.com, a major new site for fans of European soccer.

Danny Jordaan made a powerful appeal to FIFA's executive committee to end the cycle of European domination of world soccer by handing South Africa the 2006 World Cup finals.

Morocco, which reaffirmed its bid to stage the 2006 World Cup finals this week by dismissing South African calls to quit the race, has despatched a delegation to Paraguay to lobby for South America's support.

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch's German TV station TM3 said it had sold some three-quarters of its advertising time for the year largely due to demand for its Champions League soccer broadcasts.

Prize money for the Sanex WTA Tour will be increased by more than $3 million for the 2000 season, organisers have announced.