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UEFA, European football’s governing body, will rebuke Poland and Ukraine again next week over a lack of progress in their preparations to host Euro 2012, but will stop short of withdrawing the right to stage the event, according to Reuters.

The Champions Hockey League (CHL), the premier European ice hockey club competition featuring ice hockey clubs from the IIHF’s European national associations, has agreed four new rights deals with broadcasters to show the CHL and the Victoria Cup.

The Prime Minister of Poland has said that construction projects needed to stage football’s 2012 European Championship will be completed on time.

Ukraine, the co-host of Euro 2012, has broken off talks with the Taiwanese firm renovating the stadium due to stage the final of the tournament, just days before a visit by UEFA President Michel Platini.

Shakhtar Donetsk will today hear FIFA’s ruling on its claim for €25 million compensation from Spanish club Real Zaragoza after Shakhtar’s star player, Brazilian midfielder Francelino Matuzalem, walked out on the club to join the Spanish team.

European hockey’s new Euro Hockey League competition has secured a series of TV rights deals.

Peter Lewinton is to relinquish his role of head of sport at Virgin Media in the New Year to focus on his legal training business, legaltraining.tv.

Government officials in the Ukraine have aired concerns over progress being made to host UEFA’s showpiece Euro 2012 tournament.

Government officials in the Ukraine say UEFA president Michel Platini has no cause for concern, despite worries over the development of the stadium due to host the final of the Euro 2012 tournament.

Poland and Ukraine have been chosen as joint-hosts of UEFA's EURO 2012™.

The presidents of Poland and Ukraine confirmed their 100 per cent commitment to do everything necessary to help their respective Football Associations to secure the rights to host the UEFA EURO Championships in 2012.

Representatives from the three bids of Ukraine-Poland, Hungary-Croatia and Italy for UEFA’s Euro 2012 tournament handed over the final part of their bid documents.

The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the Stadio Olimpico in Rome have been selected to host the 2008 and 2009 UEFA Champions League finals respectively by UEFA's executive committee.

Media Partners & Silva agreed a deal for the broadcast of Italian Serie A rights in Ukraine with Poverkhnost Sport-TV.

Russian city Sochi’s bid to host the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be strengthened as the city welcomes regional leaders to the Summit of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc).

With more than 2 months to go before the opening of SPORTELMonaco 2006, exhibitors have committed to more than 85% of the expanded floor space in the Grimaldi Forum.