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Iranian women will soon be able to play football, one of the Islamic republic's most prominent sports officials has said.

Thirty members of the European Parliament have taken the French organisers of the soccer World Cup to court to force them to redistribute hundreds of thousands of tickets abroad.

The London based sports management group IMG and its broadcasting operation TWI have signed an exclusive deal with Sci-del for the provision of virtual advertising services.

The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) looks set to split with ISL

WEMBLEY, the leisure group, is handing back cash to investors by way of a share buy-back. Almost half its capital will be returned to shareholders following the planned #103m sale of its stadium to English National Stadium Trust.

Sports agent Joe Cubas is to meet Florida Marlins owner Wayne Huizenga this week to make an offer to buy the baseball team.

English soccer club Sunderland has been forced to carry out emergency work at its new #15 million stadium after the discovery of gas leaks.

English Nationwide league soccer club Portsmouth and building contractor Try are locked in a legal battle over a #1.6 million stand the firm built at the club's Fratton park ground.

A reassuring progress report on Euro 2000 has been issued by tournament director Alain Cortais.

Amidst growing concern that the Muang Thong Thani sport complex might not be completed in time for the 13th Asian Games, the Olympic Committee of Asia has given Bangkok Land a final deadline of October 15 to finish the seven sports facilities there.

English football club Leeds United has said it had received approval to expand its Elland Road stadium by 5,000 seats.

FORMER prime minister Paul Keating's brother is part of a syndicate of prominent lawyers set to make a windfall from land they own next to Sydney's Olympic stadium.

Sydney has virtually given up any hope of hosting the 1999 Grand Prix track and field finals, organisers for the Sydney Olympics have said.

PSV Eindhoven will expand the capacity of its Philips stadium by 10,000 seats to 40,000 ahead of the Euro 2000 championships.

The decision by the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust to seek naming rights sponsors for two of Victoria's premier sporting facilities has caused a mixed reaction among tenants.

The city of Frankfurt has agreed to renovate its soccer stadium and will bid to host World Cup matches if Germany gets the 2006 finals, a municipality official said on Friday.