Portugal

Marat Safin's rise to the top of tennis has had a huge impact on the game in Russia.

Portugal?s most famous soccer clubs Benfica is to be rescued from near-bankruptcy in a 45 million euros (#27m) deal put together by Altium, the British merchant bank.

U.S.-owned supermarket chain Asda has been criticised for selling England replica football T-shirts made in Turkey.

Imola staged what will probably be its last motorcycling Grand Prix for the foreseeable future on Sunday after years as one of the world's most challenging circuits.

Isolationist North Korea has never been officially approached about the possibility of hosting matches during the 2002 World Cup, a top Pyongyang sports official has said.

Glasgow Rangers chairman David Murray has said that Rangers and Celtic could play soccer in the English Premier League and field an under-21 side in the Scottish Premiership.

The limited company (SAD) of Portuguese I Liga club Boavista has registered its initial public offering of shares with the Portuguese market regulators, CMVM.

Hamburg-based sports marketing agency Global Sportnet has signed a five-year contract with Italian Serie A soccer club Juventus FC.

Glasgow Rangers chairman David Murray has revealed that the Ibrox club, along with rivals Celtic, have agreed in principle to join a new pan-European football league.

ESPN International has acquired a package of more than fifty 2002 World Cup qualifying matches from the European group, including matches involving England, Italy, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Norway, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Denmark and Portugal.

Rangers have dismissed a plan by arch-rivals Celtic that they should both quit Scottish football to join a proposed European league involving top clubs from the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal.

The International Olympic Committee will ban athletes who use so-called "social drugs" such as cannabis at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has announced.

The bidding process for the right to stage the 2004 European soccer championship moves up a gear this week when UEFA inspectors go to Spain - the first visit to one of the bidding nations.

Portugal's top soccer clubs have voted to establish a second knock-out cup competition.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA has asked its member countries to take firm action against anyone involved in the falsification of passports.

All finalists at both world outdoor and indoor athletics championships will receive prize money from next year.