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Mobile phone crazy Swedes will be able to follow the fortunes of their national team in the European soccer championships through their handsets, Swedish wireless services innovator Goyada said on Friday.

UEFA Cup champions Galatasaray may receive a multi-million dollar grant from a state fund, club officials said on Thursday.

Indonesia have been awarded the right to hold the 2002 Tiger Cup by the Asian Football Federation four years after civil unrest forced the nation to relinquish hosting the event.

Enic, the UK-based entertainment, sports and media group has acquired ukbetting.com, the internet bookmaker for #500,000 ($749,000), reports the Financial Times.

The Premier League is to consider a TV rights auction after 75 requests were received for the tender document when the deadline for the broadcasters? initial bids passed yesterday. The number of bids for the next three-year deal was even more than the Premier League had originally anticipated.

Connecticut Governor John Rowland has signed legislation to build the University of Connecticut?s Huskies college team a 40,000-seat football stadium, thereby ensuring the team?s entry into the Big East Conference by 2003.

LOS ANGELES: Andrew Gellatly, SportBusiness.com new media editor, reports from the Interactive Sports 2000 conference.

Major League Soccer and Capital One have signed a partnership that makes Capital One the exclusive credit card issuer of MLS and its 12 member teams. The card will be available to MLS fans this summer.

The Arizona Cardinals have lost a State House of Representatives vote by 33-25, rejecting a $331 million financing package for a new stadium. The vote came only hours after the Senate had approved the funding plan.

Snider Capital has secured an additional investment of $1.22 million in Virtual Spectator, the live internet sports channel based in New Zealand.

AthletesDirect, a division of Broadband Sports, has launched the official Web site for the Los Angeles Lakers? Rick Fox.

The 20 chairmen of the English Premier League soccer clubs are meeting today to start discussing the terms for the League?s lucrative new broadcast deal.

UEFA?s official EURO 2000 website will be launched tomorrow at a special ceremony in the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels.

Broadband television portal Yes Television has signed an exclusive sports video on demand content agreement with Trans World International (TWI).

Australia?s Network Ten and Village Roadshow have taken a 25% stake in iSport, the Internet sports company that provides sporting organisations access to its online sports platform, iSport Advantage.

Australia?s new Colonial Stadium in Melbourne opens for the first time this week as its plays host to the opening round Australian Football League match between Essendon and Port Adelaide.