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World Cycling Limited (WCL) and the Polish Cycling Federation have announced the founding of the Solidarity Cup, an international friendship series consisting of two major cycling events in Poland and the United States.

Turin have beaten the Swiss favourites Sion to host the 2006 Winter Games in the first selection of a host city since the Salt Lake City bribery scandal.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced the agreement of a $400 million 10-year TV and sponsorship deal..

Polish soccer is in crisis after being ruled by an ageing, incompetent and scandal-prone clique which has failed to grasp free market realities since communism fell in 1989, the sports minister has said.

At the demand of FIFA, Poland's scandal-ridden soccer federation holds presidential elections on Monday which will determine if the country's football industry is rebuilt or sinks deeper into isolation.

The president of motor racing's ruling body says facilities at the Silverstone circuit which hosts the British Formula One Grand Prix are "shaming".

A FIFA delegation in Poland is resolving a two-month stand-off between the government and Polish football authorities that threatens the country's involvement in international competition.

Action Sports International, a multi-dimensional company that manufactures, distributes and licenses Generation X and Y products have signed a distribution agreement with Trans National Sports one of the largest Eastern European distributors of sporting goods and apparel.

The British Grand Prix has gained a reprieve from the International Automobile Federation (FIA) after vowing to overcome the problems that plagued this year's race at Silverstone.

The Polish Football Association (PZPN) has said that FIFA intervention had failed to resolve a dispute with the government which could see Poland barred from international competition.

The Polish soccer federation (PZPN), has elected Michal Listkiewicz, as their new president.

Organisers of the much maligned British Formula One Grand Prix have been defended by team chief Frank Williams.

The Polish Sports Ministry has welcomed a proposal by the country's top soccer clubs to stave off the threat of an international ban.

Poland's soccer authorities have sanctioned a range of measures, including a new soccer competition and an independent premier league, in an attempt to revive the ailing national game.

Organisers of last month's problematic British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone have been summoned to appear before international motor racing chiefs.

Polish soccer clubs vowed on Monday to continue a domestic strike until the resignation of a federation head at the centre of a stand-off with the government.

Rival French satellite platforms Canal Satellite and TPS have begun informal talks regarding a merger of their operations as the consolidation of the global satellite sector continues.

The United Sates Professional Volleyball League (USPV) has signed Sport Court as the ?official floor? of the Royal Neighbors of America USPV Millennium Cup presented by ballgirl athletic.