Monaco

Holders Real Madrid will find out their first opponents in the 2000/2001 Champions League on

International sports chiefs are to attend a world conference on drug abuse after recent controversies have shown that doping is still a huge problem nearly a decade after the Ben Johnson scandal.

Telecom Italia shifted its publicity drive for a planned merger with Deutsche Telekom into top gear with advertisements featuring German racing driver Michael Schumacher.

A meeting of the G14 group of top European soccer clubs has failed to agree criteria for the admission of new clubs, reports sportbusiness.com soccer writer Simon Banks from Milan.

Tomorrow?s UEFA Supercup in Monaco between Real Madrid (winners of the Champions League) and Galatasary (winners of the UEFA Cup) has been given a new brand identity.

The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) is joining forces with the European Broadcasting Union at next week's Sportel in Monaco to present a breakfast seminar.

UEFA's executive committee look set to discuss radical new changes to the format of their three European club competitions later this month in a bid to combat the threat of a breakaway Super League.

Ford has announced its purchase of the Stewart Formula One Grand Prix team.

Media Content and the Sportel Organisation, owner and organiser of the popular sports broadcasting events in Monaco and Miami are launching an online marketplace.

Season ticket sales by French first division clubs have hit a new high despite the vast majority of the country's best players plying their trade abroad.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA has said it planned to bring in new rules to stem the rise in the number of matches and stop transfer fees spiralling out of control.

Dr S. Robert Contiguglia has been elected President of the US Soccer Federation and confirmed that the US will bid for the 2010 World Cup.

Australia's greatest ever Olympian, swimmer Dawn Fraser, has warned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of a possible athletes' protest at next year's Sydney Olympics if the organisation refused to reform itself properly.

South Korean Kim Un-yong has joined the race for world sport's most powerful job -- the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

The French first division soccer match between defending champions Monaco and En Avant Guingamp has been put back 24 hours due to concerns over the stadia.

Senegal lawyer Lamine Diack is present his case today to retain control of the world governing athletics body after the death of International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo this month.