Italy
TELEPUI SNAPS UP TOP ITALIAN SOCCER RIGHTS
Canal Plus, the French media group, says four top Italian soccer teams had awarded exclusive broadcasting rights to Telepiu, its 90%-owned Italian subsidiary.
EUROPEAN LEAGUES BOYCOTT CONFEDERATIONS CUP
Europe's leading professional soccer leagues have said they would boycott January's conference after a meeting of European leagues in Brussels.
ITALIAN LEAGUE CHIEF SAYS CLUBS WANTS TO AVOID TV ROW
Italian soccer clubs want to avoid a showdown over television rights that could end with the big clubs creaming off most of the money, the chairman of Italy's Football League said on Thursday.
DAVIS CUP REFORMS CONSIDERED ON EVE OF CENTENARY
Organisers are considering radical reforms to the Davis Cup on the eve of its centenary in a bid to enhance its appeal and make the top players take it seriously, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has said.
PETRUCCI NEW ITALIAN OLYMPIC CHIEF
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has elected Giovanni Petrucci as its new president.
ITALY ACCEPTS MURDOCH’S PAY-TV ENTRY
The Italian Government, which had taken measures to minimise the influence of News Corps in Italian pay-TV, now says it welcomes Rupert Murdoch's presence in the sector.
G-14 PRESIDENT PRESSES FOR SHARE OF
INTERNATIONAL MATCH REVENUES
ITALIAN POLICE TO HAVE NEW POWERS TO STOP HOOLIGANISM
The Italian government is to give police new powers to combat soccer hooliganism at and other sporting events, the Interior Ministry said.
G14 CALL ON UEFA OVER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RIGHTS
The G14 group of elite soccer clubs has called on UEFA to introduce a "fair and open" tender for the marketing rights to the Champions League.
FIORENTINA TO BE BOUGHT BY BANK
Italy's Serie A side Fiorentina and Investment bank Morgan Stanley are in talks which could lead to the purchase of the Florence club, Italian newspapers reported on Tuesday.
WOODWARD HOPES SIX NATIONS CAN BE COMPLETED
Britain's foot-and-mouth crisis has underlined the importance of the Six Nations, England coach Clive Woodward said on Friday.
SEVEN BILLION TUNE INTO EURO 2000
The EURO 2000 football championships were watched by a cumulative audience of seven billion people, a new survey reveals.
ANDERLECHT INVITED TO JOIN G14 SOCCER POWER GROUP
Belgian champions Anderlecht has said they had been invited to join the so-called G14 lobby group that unites some of Europe's premier soccer clubs.
ELEVEN CLUBS FIRM UP EUROLEAGUE PLANS
Eleven clubs from five of Europe's smaller nations attacked the growing gap between soccer's rich and poor on the continent and said they would unveil concrete proposals for a "Euroleague" early next year.
ASIAN PROMOTER FORMS NEW JOINT VENTURE
Asian soccer promoter ProEvents Management Ltd has formed a new joint venture company with Manchester-based sports management company World Sports Solutions Ltd (?WSS?), to represent top European clubs and players in Asia.
MILAN FACE UEFA PROBE IN FAKE PASSPORT ROW
Italian soccer giants AC Milan face a UEFA probe over claims they fielded an illegal immigrant in their Champions League clash against English side Leeds United.
OLYMPIC SOCCER TO BREAK MILLION SPECTATOR MARK
More than a million spectators are expected to watch the men's and women's soccer events at the Sydney Olympics Games, tournament director Peter Hugg has said.
LAZIO SHARES SUSPENDED
Shares in Serie A soccer club Lazio were suspended on the Milan bourse on Monday for rising to exceed the 10 percent trading limit.