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US DRUG CHIEF SAYS CHEATS CAN BE BEATEN
U.S. drug control chief Barry McCaffrey has said that improved random dope tests and wider global research would help beat cheats at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.
FEATURE: AUSTRIA TAKING THE NEW BALL FOR EUROPEAN CRICKET
Nestling in vineyards on the outskirts of Vienna, the tiny village of Seebarn is an unlikely place to host a cricket tournament - especially one involving Finland and Croatia. For more on this story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
TYSON TO FIGHT IN HELSINKI
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will fight in Helsinki in August against an unnamed opponent.
CHELSEA CHAIRMAN CALLS FOR END TO MEANINGLESS GAMES
Chelsea's outspoken chairman Ken Bates called on UEFA and FIFA to end "meaningless matches" at both national and club level by segregating teams from smaller countries into pre-qualifying competitions.
AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND MEET TO DISCUSS EURO 2008 BID
Austrian and Swiss soccer officials will meet in Bern on March 9 to discuss a possible joint bid to host the 2008 European Championships, officials said on Tuesday.
VTV SIGN FOUR YEAR BADMINTON DEAL
VTV, recently-acquired by UK-based The Television Corporation and now part of Sunset+Vine, has won a new four year contract to produce and distribute coverage of English badminton until 2005.
FOUR COUNTRIES TO FORM JOINT BID FOR EURO 2008
Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland have agreed to submit a joint application to host the European soccer championship finals in 2008.
SWEDISH SKIERS TO PAY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
From next season, the top-skiers of Sweden will be forced to pay 10% of their prize-money to the Swedish Skiing Association.
PANGOLIN BUYS SWEDISH SPORTS WEB SITE
Pangolin, the independent sports media company,has bought the the popular Scandinavian multi-sport siteSportNow (www.SportNow.se).
EC INVITES FIFA, UEFA TO TRANSFER "SUMMIT?
The European Commission has offered to meet the presidents of UEFA and FIFA for talks to break the deadlock over a new soccer transfer system.
STADIUM GETS UEFA ALL CLEAR
Moldova has been given permission by UEFA to use their main stadium for international matches this season, the country's soccer chief said.
EURO 2000 VENUE ACTS OUT `DISASTER PLAN?
Belgian authorities acted out their Euro 2000 "disaster plan" earlier this week at Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium, the ground rebuilt and renamed after the 1985 Heysel tragedy.
NORWAY FIRM DENIES STALKING MANCHESTER CITY
A Norwegian firm that controls English premier league soccer club Wimbledon denied a report that it also wanted to buy second division Manchester City.
IOC OFFICIALS ACCUSE U.S. OF DOPING COVER-UPS
International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have accused the United States of covering up doping cases among U.S. athletes for more than a decade.
EC HIT BACK AT COLLECTIVE RIGHTS EXEMPTION TALK
The European Commission has sought to dismiss any idea the EU might give a blanket exemption to the collective selling of sports broadcasting rights, a practice seen as an illegal cartel.
TELE-CINE BUILDS FOR GOBARKINGMAD RACING CHANNEL
Tele-Cine, the builders of secure TV and internet production facilities, has signed a long-term contract to provide transmission services for the digital TV channel gobarkingmad - a live, 24-hour greyhound racing channel where punters can see a race every five to eight minutes.
NORDIC COUNTRIES CONSIDER JOINT BID FOR 2008 EURO FINALS
A joint four nation Nordic bid to host the European Championship finals of 2008 is to be considered, a spokesman for the Danish soccer federation has said.
2003 CRICKET WORLD CUP GETS ICC APPROVAL
The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.