Switzerland

Soccer's 2002 World Cup will not be seen in Switzerland, home of FIFA, after the national broadcaster ended negotiations with German media group Kirch - meaning FIFA staff based in Zurich will not be able to watch the tournament.

The following are pen pictures of the five candidates seeking to take over from Juan Antonio Samaranch when he retires after 21 years as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday.

The four-country Nordic bid for the 2008 European football championships has announced the venues it is proposing to host the tournament.

Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has been taken to hospital in Lausanne suffering from "extreme tiredness", the International Olympic Committee has confirmed to sportbusiness.com.

Martina Hingis, the world’s number one women’s tennis player has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Italian sportswear company Sergio Tacchini, claiming that they gave her shoes which hurt her feet between 1996 and 1999.

Three days before he steps down after 21 years as IOC president, Juan Antonio Samaranch was made honorary life president of the organization.

Organisers have asked that New York City be allowed to host the world wrestling championships - postponed last month following the attacks in the US - to either this December or 2003.

Tennis star Martina Hingis is suing a sports shoe company for $35 million for giving her sore feet.

FIFA does not plan to intervene over next month's Copa America, world soccer's oldest tournament, which has been put on hold after the kidnapping of a senior Colombian official.

As a direct consequence of ISL’s plunge into bankruptcy in May, sportbusiness.com has learned that the copyright ownership of both the emblem and mascot of the 2002 World Cup – registered by ISL rather than FIFA – has fallen into the hands of the marketing group’s liquidators rather than the sport’s worldwide governing body.

Administrators of the now bankrupt Swiss sports marketing firm ISMM/ISL have placed an initial figure of SFr400 million ($222.6m) on the agency’s debts but warned that the final figure owed to its creditors is likely to be far higher.

Poland's government has approved a bid by Zakopane to host the Winter Olympics in 2006.

A senior Brazilian soccer official warned that the game in his country could be plunged into crisis over plans for a Bosman-style law giving players freedom of movement when their contracts end.

A new 'bid acceptance' procedure is set to be established for cities hoping to stage an Olympic Games, as the IOC continues to ensure no future repeat of the Salt Lake City scandal.

ENIC, the London stock market-listed sports and leisure company, is looking to transfer its market listing from the main market to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) so that it can comply with UEFA rules on dual ownership of clubs.

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has announced it is to hold an extraordinary congress immediately to discuss the threatened split from the organisation by eight member nations.