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The US is firm favourite to land the short-notice right to host the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament as the deadline looms later this week for bids to be submitted, following the decision to pull the event out of China because of the SARS epidemic.

The eighth and final sponsorship partner for this year's Solheim Cup has been announced.

The Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany will host the 2004 UEFA Champions League final it has been confirmed.

National Swedish broadcaster SVT has extended its speedway coverage after signing a new deal with Benfield Sports International (BSI).

Pay-TV network The Golf Channel has secured a broadcast rights deal for coverage of this year's Solheim Cup - the biennial women's golf tournament between Europe and the US.

Media giant Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired the exclusive TV rights in Denmark to the 2003 Formula One season for its Viasat Broadcasting subsidiary.

UEFA has selected four European stadiums for further research into the possible future use of artificial turf playing fields for UEFA competition matches.

The Extreme Sports Channel has reached new TV carriage agreements in Scandinavia, Finland and the Netherlands, increasing its distribution reach in the regions significantly.

Four of the seven candidates to host the 2008 European Championships have been rejected by UEFA following today's vote in Geneva.

Austria and Switzerland will jointly host the 2008 European Championships following a vote of UEFA members.

UEFA president Lennary Johansson has told the failed bidders for the Euro 2008 soccer tournament to try again and fight for the 2012 finals.

The bidding cities hoping to host UEFA's Euro 2008 tournament are making their final presentations to European soccer's governing body today, ahead of tomorrow's final decision.

UEFA has refuted claims the bid from Russia and the joint bid from Greece/Turkey to host Euro 2008 stood less chance than the other bidders.

Two bids to host UEFA's Euro 2008 tournament have emerged as favourites after the president of European soccer's governing body seemed to pour doubts on a number of the other bids.

TEAM Marketing has signed off two further TV rights deals for the next Champions League contract in Scandinavia and the Republic of Ireland.

Competition for the new Champions League broadcast rights contract is hotting up in Scandinavia.

The Evian Ladies European Golf Tour has unveiled its raft of sponsors for the 2003 Solheim Cup.

UK-based sports marketing company Fast Track has taken on the management of new sailing event, Europrix.