Italy
HORSE DISPUTE SPILLS ON TO STREETS
Italian jockeys, racehorse owners and stable hands have marched through Milan to demand government help to fight off a wave of competition from new lottery games that they say is creaming off their cash.
T.ITALIA AGREES TO SELL 65 PCT OF STREAM
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is set to join forces with four top soccer clubs and media group Cecchi Gori to buy 65% of Telecom Italia's digital tv operation, Stream.
F1 RACE IN JEOPARDY OVER WILLIAMS RETRIAL
The Italian grand Prix, due to take place in Monza in September, could be in jeopardy, following a decision by the prosecution in the Ayrton Senna trial to appeal against the acquittal of two members of the William's team on manslaughter charges.
KAMERA SNAPS UP ITALIAN SOCCER WEB RIGHTS
European internet TV firm, Kamera, has signed a deal to bring Italian soccer action to the web.
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COURT STALLS SALE OF ITALY?S OLYMPIC STADIUM
An Italian court has suspended the planned sale of Rome's Foro Italico sports complex, which includes the Olympic Stadium.
ECCLESTONE EYES RUSSIA
Moscow may be on the Formula One Grand Prix map as soon as 2003, if the International Automobile Federation (FIA) gets its way.
NEW SOCCER PASSPORT CASES UNDER INVESTIGATION IN SPAIN
Spain's Football Federation (RFEF) said on Monday it had provisionally withdrawn the playing licence of Alaves goalkeeper Martin Herrera. A further five players were facing investigation in its passports inquiry.
SKY?S RUGBY VIEWERS ARE ALL EARS
Sky Sports? digital viewers will be able to listen to everything the referee says when it launches Ref-Link for England?s Six Nations rugby clash with Italy at Twickenham, London on Saturday.
BELGIAN FA HANDS OVER PROBE TO FIFA
The Belgian FA has said it was handing over its investigation into an alleged bribery scandal involving a Yugoslav agent and first division leaders Club Bruges to soccer's world governing body FIFA.
BREAKAWAY LEAGUE HOPES STILL ALIVE
Eleven soccer clubs from five of Europe's smaller nations are to keep alive the prospect of a breakaway "Euroleague" in the face of UEFA's failure to address their concerns.
MANCHESTER UTD TOPS SOCCER?S RICH LIST
Manchester United has been crowned the richest soccer club in the world for a third consecutive year.
MILAN REJECT REPORT OF BARCELONA "BONUS" OFFER
AC Milan have dismissed a report suggesting they have been offered a cash "bonus" of #1.6 million ($2.28 million) by Barcelona to win their final Champions League Group H match against Leeds United on Wednesday.
MONTI MEETS TOP CLUBS ON TRANSFER ISSUE
The European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has met with the heads of Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax Amsterdam, Bayern Munich and Manchester United in Brussels to discuss the proposed changes to the transfer system.
SWEDES GIVE CAUTIOUS WELCOME TO EURO PLAN
Leading Swedish clubs AIK Stockholm, IFK Gothenburg and Helsingborg might be interested in playing in a new European league if governing body UEFA backs the idea.
EXTREME SIGNS BIKE DEAL WITH EUROSPORT
The Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal with Eurosport for the broadcast of the Tissot / UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2000.
RTL SECURES RIGHTS TO GERMAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Germany's top television channel, RTL has bought the coveted free-to-air rights to Champions League soccer from September for the next three seasons.
UDINESE POST PROFIT INCREASE
Italian Serie A soccer club Udinese Calcio has said that for the first half of their financial year to end-December 1999 they posted pre-tax profit of 84.5 billion lire ($39 million) against a previous 37.4 billion.
TYSON TO FIGHT IN HELSINKI
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will fight in Helsinki in August against an unnamed opponent.