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Organisers of the Indianapolis Championships want to bump the men's tournament up to Masters Series level - just one below Grand Slam status.
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UEFA president Lennart Johansson has called on FIFA chief Sepp Blatter to explain the collapse of FIFA's marketing agent ISL and the cancellation of the World Club championship or face the consequences, which could lead to his removal as president of the game's ruling body.
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The European Union's executive Commission has cleared new UEFA broadcasting rules allowing national soccer associations to block televised live soccer matches during key weekend fixture periods.

Brazilian lawmakers investigating corruption in soccer are to provide FIFA with information on the illegal transfer of players to European clubs, they said on Wednesday.

Inter Milan and fellow Serie A club Udinese could be docked points for their role in an escalating scandal over false European Union passports, an official at the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has said.

The Czech Olympic Committee (COV) voted Milan Jirasek back for a second term as its president on Wednesday after no other candidates ran for the post.
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Twelve major clubs from six of Europe's smaller nations have met with UEFA, to voice their concerns about the growing gap between soccer's rich and poor and discuss proposals for a new "Euro League".

Italy's upper house of parliament, the Senate, has given final approval to a law making sports doping an offence punishable with up to three years in prison and fines of up to 100 million lire ($44,230).
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The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.

The Stadio delle Alpi in Turin is to stage a friendly between the England and Italy national soccer sides in November.

Italian sport swear company, Lotto Sport Italia, has signed up AC Milan and Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko on a three-year deal..

Italian soccer champions Lazio has agreed to a world record 110 billion lire ($54.16 million) deal to sign Argentine striker Hernan Crespo from Parma.
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Norman May, the man who stirred a nation with his radio commentary of Australia winning a swimming relay gold at Moscow in 1980, is to be awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee.
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More than half of Italian soccer fans say that commercialisation is behind the downturn in fortunes experienced by their country's football teams.

UEFA and FIFA face almost certain disappointment in their efforts to persuade the European Union to reverse some of the most damaging effects of the Bosman ruling, EU officials have warned.
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Former European Cup soccer champions Juventus made a profit for the third year running last season and expect to make another during this campaign, depending on their results on the pitch.
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Prize money for the Sanex WTA Tour will be increased by more than $3 million for the 2000 season, organisers have announced.
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Lazio, the Rome soccer club, will kick off its roadshow to publicise its offering of shares to private and institutional investors.