Ireland

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) will wait for the findings of a feasibility study before deciding whether to make a bid to host the 2008 European Championship.

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has signed an agreement giving Sky Television broadcasting rights over Ireland's home matches until 2002.

A Dutch proposal to limit the number of countries allowed to bid to host the World Cup was rejected by FIFA's 51st Congress on Monday.

England has been reinstated to rugby union's Five Nations Championship after being sensationally kicked-out on Monday after a row over the distribution of television revenues.

Manchester United will take another step towards global brand status by opening a chain of retail shops in the Middle East.

Reigning Scottish Premiership soccer champions Celtic are offering overseas fans the opportunity to watch the club's pre-season warm-up matches through a video-on-demand webcast.
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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.

The Williams tennis sisters Venus and Serena have won their cases to evict cyber-squatters from contested domain names, arbitrators have ruled.

Australian architectural practice Bligh Voller Nield, whose designs were integral to the 2000 Olympic Games, has received the International Award in this year?s Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Awards for the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.

Ticketmaster International, a division of Ticketmaster USA, has appointed Brian Kabatznick to the post of Executive Vice President, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The Football Association of Ireland has signed a #2.5m ($4m) ten-year agreement with Beamish Stout to become the official beer sponsor of Eircom Park ? the FAI?s proposed new #65m all-seater venue.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will vote next month on a proposal to abolish the let rule from the start of next year.

Title sponsor of rugby?s Five Nations tournament, Lloyds TSB, says it will `review its position? if England does not compete in this year?s event, which begins next month.

Yahoo! could become a prime advertiser during UK pay-TV sports shows now that British pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB and the web-guide company have agreed to a broad-based marketing deal spanning TV and the Internet in the UK and Ireland.

Chocolate producer Cadbury has become a multi-million pound sponsor of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
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Sporting events across Europe are under threat as fears about the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain spread to the continent.