Scandinavia
ENGLAND UNDER 18?S PULL OUT OF TURKISH TOURNAMENT
The English FA has decided not to send an under-18 team to a tournament in Turkey next month because of security fears following the fatal stabbing of two Leeds United fans there earlier this month.
CLUB OWNER JOHNSON SET TO SPRINKLE MAGIC ON COURT
Basketball legend Magic Johnson is to return to Sweden to play more games for MagicM7, a basketball team from the Swedish town of Boras which he bought earlier this year ? say Swedish newspapers.
POLICE COSTS RULE OUT STOCKHOLM AS SOCCER VENUE
No more international club soccer matches will be held in Stockholm because of the high police costs of manning them, Swedish Football Association president Lars-Ake Lagrell said.
MTG TAKES STAKE IN STOCKHOLM SOCCER CLUB
MTG, the Scandinavian media company, has bought 17% of the share capital of Stockholm-based soccer club Djurgaarden, worth SKr7m ($781,000), according to news sources.
STOCKHOLM TO STAGE SPEEDWAY MEETING
Stockholm?s Olympic Stadium will host its first speedway meeting for nearly thirty years when the Speedway Grand Prix hits the Swedish capital on Saturday 29 September 2001.
UEFA ORDER MOLDOVA TO CLOSE MAIN STADIUM
UEFA has ordered the Moldova soccer federation (MSF) to close down the main stadium in the capital of the tiny, impoverished ex-Soviet republic for safety reasons.
IMG WINS OLYMPICS PLAUDITS
Seeking to stabilise opinion on the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee's co-ordination commission, Swiss lawyer Marc Hodler, whose allegations of bribery against his colleagues triggered the biggest Olympic scandal in history, has said the hiring of IMG to recruit more 2002 Winter Games sponsors will help the Salt Lake City games to recover.
ITALIANS BLAME COMMERCIALISATION FOR DECLINE
More than half of Italian soccer fans say that commercialisation is behind the downturn in fortunes experienced by their country's football teams.
KELLOGGS TO SPONSOR NBA
Kellogg's and the National Basketball Association have signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement.
LEEDS UNITED DO SCANDINAVIAN RETAIL DEAL
English soccer club Leeds United has joined forces with two of Scandinavia?s largest retail distributors in a bid to increase brand awareness and maximise marketing opportunities worldwide.
FOX KIDS EUROPE TEAMS UP WITH SPORTAL
Fox Kids Europe, the pan-European children?s entertainment company, and interactive sports content provider Sportal have signed a long-term agreement to launch dedicated children?s sports sites.
NHL FINALS TO REACH 170 COUNTRIES
NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL
U.S. WOMEN’S TEAM TO BOYCOTT SOCCER TOURNAMENT
The U.S. women's World Cup winning soccer team will boycott the Australia Cup next month because of unresolved contract negotiations. Instead, The U.S. Soccer Federation will send young players to the four-nation tournament.
IOC LAUNCH PROBE INTO SALT LAKE BID
Olympic leaders said on Friday they would be holding immediate talks on whether Salt Lake City broke Olympic rules in its campaign to win the race to stage the 2002 Winter Games.
SWEDEN?S MEDIA MOGUL BUYS STAKE IN SOCCER CLUB
Sweden?s answer to Rupert Murdoch, Jan Stenbeck, has bought a 17 per cent stake in soccer team Djurgarden. Stenbeck's company, Modern Times Group (MTG), owns several media companies, including the free commuter newspaper Metro which was introduced in the UK two years ago.
TENNIS FANS VIEW ONLINE KAMERA
Internet TV company Kamera is to broadcast the ATP Scania Stockholm Open online next week.
FINA REVEAL WORLD CUP RACE REDUCTION
The World Cup short-course swimming series has been cut from 12 meetings to 10 and will offer more prize money.
FIFA STEPS IN TO RESOLVE BENFICA TRANSFER ROW
FIFA has ordered Portugal's Benfica to deliver immediately a bank guarantee to Norway's Rosenborg Trondheim to honour a transfer agreement for striker Sigurd Rushfeldt, the Norwegian Football Association has said.