Italy

An injury to Brazilian superstar Ronaldo prompted Italian soccer club Inter Milan to postpone plans to float on the stock market, it has been confirmed by club bosses.

Massimo Moratti, president of Italian soccer club Inter Milan, has blamed the knee injury sustained by star striker Ronaldo as the reason the club has not yet floated.

Toyota officially launch their new 2002 Formula One race car in Cologne, the FIFA executive hold a special meeting to deal exclusively with the FIFA World Cup and other finance matters and Juventus plans to complete its flotation on the Milan Bourse.

Italy's state-owned broadcaster RAI has finally bought the television rights to next year's World Cup from German media giant Kirch.

European countries are to lobby UEFA for more money from next year's World Cup amid concerns that most of the profits from football tournaments go to FIFA.

FIFA and the International Center for Sports Studies (CIES) in NeuchC"tel, Switzerland have launched the third edition of the highly successful International Masters in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport.

The hoped-for merger between Italy’s competing pay-TV platforms Tele+ and Stream - both of which are haemorrhaging money - is looking bleak following its rejection by the country’s Telecommunications Authority on December 6.

Italy's communications minister warned that his country's soccer fans may not be able to watch next year's World Cup on its state owned television network RAI.

First Artist, the Wembley-based football management and sports promotion company, has revealed plans for its flotation on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and the acquisition of a major European soccer agency.

European sports website Sports.com has launched its own World Cup site to compete with the official site for the tournament being provided by internet portal Yahoo!

Italian Serie A soccer club Juventus plans to list on the Milan bourse in December, Fiat's Agnelli family holding company Ifi has confirmed.

KirchMedia has completed the sale of the French television rights for next year's World Cup in Japan and Korea to TF1, the French commercial channel, in a deal worth B

The president of one of Holland’s leading soccer clubs believes that top European soccer will exist only in four major markets unless drastic steps are taken to reshape league structures in small markets.

The president of one of Holland’s leading soccer clubs believes that top European soccer will exist only in four major markets unless drastic steps are taken to reshape league structures in small markets.

Britain's sporting image was severly dented today after The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) decided to reopen bidding for the 2005 World Championships following the Picketts Lock debacle.

German sports rights agency Global Sportnet has been acquired by the global advertising agency WPP in a move that confirms consolidation trends in the sports rights and media market place.