Spain
EUROPE’S TOP CLUBS TELL UEFA – "WE WANT MORE CONTROL"
Twelve of Europe's top clubs have asked UEFA for closer co-operation in the organisation of the European Champions' League and insisted on having more input in financial matters.
ATLETICO PRESIDENT JAILED
Jesus Gil y Gil, president of Spanish football club Atletico Madrid and mayor of Marbella, has been jailed for embezzlement and falsifying documents.
WALES TO STAGE EURO EVENT
Wales will stage a European golf tour event in 2000 for the first time since 1991, the European Tour has announced.
REAL REBELS QUOSHED BY SANZ
President of Spanish soccer giants Real Madrid, Lorenzo Sanz, has won the battle of wills with his boardroom rebels by appointing four new directors.
SANZ IN SHOWDOWN ON INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
Real Madrid soccer club president Lorenzo Sanz will meet FIFA president Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Sunday to demand that Europe's top clubs get a share of television rights and sponsorship from players' international appearances.
ARGENTINE SEASON SET TO KICK OFF AFTER STRIKE
The Argentine domestic season will finally get under way at the weekend two weeks later than planned after the second players' strike of the year delayed the start.
FIRE DELAYS WORLD KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The fire in Madrid's Palacio de los Deportes has meant that the XIV World Karate Championships will take place one week later than expected and in a new venue.
SAMARANCH OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE
Juan Antonio Samaranch has left the intensive care unit of the Swiss hospital he has been in for a week after suffering from chronic fatigue.
SPAIN UNVEILS OLYMPIC PRIZE POT
Spain has revealed how much it will pay its Olympic sportsmen in the lead-up to Athens 2004.
SPORTBUSINESS 2001 SPECIAL REPORT: BAYERN MUNICH SEEKS NEW EQUITY PARTNER
Top German soccer club Bayern Munich are seeking an equity partner in order to finance an #80m ($124m) transfer spending spree, vice president Karl Heinz Rummenigge revealed at SportBusiness 2001 in London.
SONY SIGNS EXTREME CONTENT AGREEMENT
Extreme International has signed a three-year deal content agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment's AXN channel in Spain.
PLAYERS AND AGENTS BECOMING TOO POWERFUL, SAYS VALDANO
Real Madrid's sporting director Jorge Valdano has said that the pressure from the European Union to change soccer's transfer system will mean turning over too much power to players and their agents.
EXXUS WINS STATS CONTRACT
Exxus, the sports business to business information provider, has won the contract to supply the English PFA (Professional Footballers Association) statistics on players, matches and teams for its 'Give Me
ENERGIZER SECURES ANOTHER SPORT SPONSORSHIP
Battery manufacturer Energizer has signed a deal to become the title sponsor of the inaugural European CrossCup.
EU WITHDRAWS FINE THREAT OVER SPANISH TV SOCCER
The European Commission has withdrawn a threat to fine Spain's Telefonica and Sogecable over rights to broadcast Spanish soccer matches on pay-television.
NBA SIGNS BROADCASTING DEALS IN JAPAN AND TURKEY
The NBA has reached a television agreement with Digiturk (Turkey) to launch a 24-hour basketball channel and has renewed its agreement with NHK (Japan) to include a 60-minute programme on NHK?s terrestrial channel.
MONTI MEETS TOP CLUBS ON TRANSFER ISSUE
The European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has met with the heads of Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax Amsterdam, Bayern Munich and Manchester United in Brussels to discuss the proposed changes to the transfer system.
EC TRANSFER PLANS RATTLE ARSENAL AND MAN UTD
Manchester United and Arsenal have led criticism from English clubs over European Commission plans to scrap the present transfer system in soccer.