Switzerland

Top broadcasters from Europe and around the world will travel to Switzerland this week for events in Lucerne marking the 50th birthday of the European Broadcasting Union, whose members include every public service broadcaster in Europe.

Montreal lawyer Richard Pound, a vice president of the International Olympic Committee, has said he will head up a new worldwide anti-doping agency for the IOC, Canadian Press has reported.

Leading sports event media and marketing group ISL have appointed Dagmar Brandenstein managing director of ISL Television Ltd. Daniel Beauvois will move to the headquarters of ISL in Lucerne, Switzerland to head the newly formed Media Division.

Fiorentina said on Sunday that they would appeal against European soccer body UEFA's decision to kick the Italian league leaders out of the UEFA Cup.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has adopted a declaration on doping in sport at the end of a three-day conference in Switzerland.

A three-year agreement between the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the NHL over compensation payments for players leaving IIHF-federations to find their fortune in the big money US league, is on the verge of being ratified.

Europe?s top soccer clubs have learnt that the player?s union FIFPro is lobbying for a controversial get out clause to player contracts under the new transfer rules to be established by the European Union.

The IOC has announced a roster of over 40 industry leaders from sport and new media to speak at ?The IOC World Conference on Sport and New Media? taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 4 and 5.

Extreme International and joint venture partners UPC have signed a distribution agreement with Telegeneve SA for the Extreme Sports Channel.

International Olympic Committee chief Juan Antonio Samaranch presided over an historic weekend of change in Switzerland's Olympic capital but now faces a tougher test of his powers of influence.

A bruising three-month battle for the FIFA presidency reaches a climax on Monday when Sepp Blatter and Lennart Johansson contest the biggest job in soccer.

The swimming programme for the Sydney 2000 Olympics has been extended from seven days to eight, Australian swimming authorities have said.

The Winter sports federations will take drug testing into their own hands and will demand a say in the selection of future venues for Winter Olympic Games, skiing's top official has said.

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.

The Champions League could revert to one group stage followed by knock-out rounds and the UEFA Cup might adopt a similar format as a result of a UEFA meeting in Switzerland.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is today launching a new web site devoted to its groundbreaking new media conference in December.