Sweden

Sports Resource Group plc is to acquire Sweden-based IEC in Sports International Events and Communications AB for an initial consideration of up to #17.5million ($25.04m/?28.44m).

Nordic insurance company "if?" is to replace Scania as title sponsor of the Swedish tennis tournament the Stockholm Open.

Ten cities have submitted bids to be the permanent headquarters of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).

Police fired tear gas, launched baton charges and arrested dozens of Belgian soccer fans in central Brussels late on Saturday after the opening game of the Euro 2000 championships.

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.

Mercedes-Benz USA has signed an endorsement deal with LPGA professional Annika Sorenstam.
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Debt collecting agency Intrum Justitia has clinched a unique ice-hockey sponsorship agreement with four Nordic countries.

Universal McCann Event, McCann Erickson?s sports marketing department in Paris, has brokered a partnership agreement between Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body for air sports, and Discovery Wings Channel, the North American channel for air sports enthusiasts.

Octagon CSI has acquired the exclusive five-year worldwide television rights (excluding the UK and Sweden) for the European Ladies Golf Tour , named ?The Evian Tour?.

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.

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.

Finland's government should invest at least 43.3 million markka ($6.91 million) on stadium improvements to boost the joint Nordic bid for Euro 2008, a working group has proposed.

European soccer's ruling body UEFA has "major concerns" over proposals by a number of clubs to abandon their national championships and set up their own league together.

The European Commission has approved Euro 2000's ticket sales policy, just two days before the tournament kicks off in Brussels.

The Olympic organising committee in Quebec City was courted by "special agents" who offered to "buy" votes on the International Olympic Committee to help the city's bid to host the 2002 Winter Olympics to succeed, Le Soleil newspaper has reported.

Kazakhstan would be welcomed as the 52nd member association of UEFA if they went ahead with plans to quit the Asian confederation, officials said on Wednesday.

The British Broadcasting Corporation?s Outside Broadcasts Special Facilities team is to install the world's first slalom gate cameras for a new extreme sports event in Stockholm.

Internet TV company Kamera Interactive is to deliver broadband broadcasts from the Olympic Games for Swedish communication company Bredbandsbolaget (B2).