Italy

The Champions League faces a major overhaul because of concern over falling viewing figures.

A small Utah software company is keen to find a distributor, while a biomedical firm needs a partner and both hope they can meet with international companies at next year's Winter Olympics.

Police are to investigate the validity of European passports held by 80 foreign nationals playing for English soccer clubs, British newspapers reported on Friday.

Italian champions Lazio will move out of the Olympic Stadium to a new 50,000-capacity ground in the suburbs of Rome surrounded by restaurants and hotels, the club said on Monday.

Eleven doping control laboratories were shown the "yellow card" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for failing to comply with guidelines.

Italy?s Telecommunications Authority has threatened to revoke the licenses of the country?s two pay-TV operators, Tele+ and Stream, after the latest ultimatum for adopting a single digital decoder standard expired on November 6.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has reported finding eight first and second division soccer players guilty of match-fixing.

Udinese have informed the Italian Football League that two Brazilian team members caught in possession of fake Portuguese passports should no longer be considered European Union (EU) players.

UK satellite and digital broadcaster BSkyB is to show this fall?s England soccer internationals against France and Italy exclusively live on its Sky Sports service.

Facts about the FIFA vote to decide who stages the 2006 World Cup finals, which will take place on Thursday in Zurich.

UK press reports suggest that European basketball faces the threat of a breakaway by leading clubs.

Italian first division club Torino, one of the fallen giants of Serie A, said it had been bought by a local businessman for a reported fee of 35 billion lire ($17.11 million).

Italian first division soccer club AS Roma will float on the Milan bourse around April 7-10, Roma president Francesco Sensi has confirmed.

Italian Serie A club Parma ended the1998/99 season with profits of 7.1 billion lire ($3.85 million), with turnover up by 33 percent, the club has announced.

Sportal, the sports online business, has signed as exclusive Internet partner of Spanish soccer giants Real Madrid in a deal which will see Real promote the Sportal brand off-line.

Italian club's prospectus will aim at investors rather than fans, according to Patrick Harverson of British newspaper The Financial Times.