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The roof of the Amsterdam Arena was closed for the first time during Euro2000 on Saturday for the opening quarter-final between Portugal and Turkey.

Glasgow Rangers and Celtic plan to lobby the Scottish Football Association and UEFA in order to create a second string European league that would effectively end the UEFA Cup.

Austria's joint-bid with Hungary to host the 2004 European soccer Championship finals should be taken "very seriously," Beppo Mauhart, the president of the Austrian F.A., has said.

Hungary has decided to make a solo bid for the 2008 European Championships after unsuccessful talks with potential co-hosts Croatia, youth and sports Minister Tamas Deutsch said.

A record 132 national federations have entered the world indoor athletics championships in Lisbon on March 9-11.

Austrian and Swiss soccer federation officials met in Vienna on Tuesday to discuss a possible joint bid to hold the 2008 European championship finals.

Leading Swedish clubs AIK Stockholm, IFK Gothenburg and Helsingborg might be interested in playing in a new European league if governing body UEFA backs the idea.

While millions of soccer fans settle down on Sunday to watch the quarter-finals of Euro 2000, some might be tempted to flip television channels to catch a glimpse of the American variety's championship game.

Both the BBC and its rival ? the commercial network ITV ? will broadcast live coverage of the England vs Germany clash at Euro 2000 this summer.

Canada has defeated the United States in the battle to become the first north American city to stage the world track and field championships.

A new crowd-pleasing motor-racing Grand Prix series featuring cars racing in the livery of Europe?s top soccer clubs is aiming to reach one billion viewers in its first season, sportbusiness.com can reveal.

Celtic supporters have dug into their pockets to help the Scottish premier league leaders net their second favourable result in three days.

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has dismissed the year-ending Masters Cup as a meaningless tournament.

Portugese soccer club Benfica and sports marketing agency Global Sportnet have signed an exclusive marketing deal for the club?s television rights to home matches.

The German government is leaving nothing to chance in the run-up to FIFA?s decision on the choice of World Cup 2006 hosts.

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.

Portuguese legal authorities have charged Joao Vale e Azevedo, former chairman of soccer club Benfica, with embezzlement and money laundering after a preliminary investigation into alleged misuse of funds at the club, state news agency Lusa said on Friday.

The EURO 2000 football championships were watched by a cumulative audience of seven billion people, a new survey reveals.