2002 WORLD CUP FINALS MAY BE SHORTER
The 2002 World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea may be three days shorter than this year's 33-day tournament in France, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said.
SPANISH REFS TO CARRY SHIRT ADS
Spanish referees will be the first in Europe to wear advertising on their shirts, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced.
HOK SPORTS FOUNDER RETIRES
Ron Labinski, principal and founding partner of the HOK Sports Facilities Group, retires this week.
DIRECTORS RETURN TO NEWCASTLE BOARD, CHAIRMAN RESIGNS
English premier league Newcastle United Plc has said that Chairman Denis Cassidy had quit after controversial directors Douglas Hall and Freddy Shepherd were restored to the main company board.
PVI PRODUCE BRANDED FIRST-DOWN LINE FOR SUPERBOWL
Virtual imaging firm Princeton Video Image, Inc. (PVI) is to produce a branded first-down line for the first time in the international live television feeds of Super Bowl XXXV.
ATLETICO `TECHNICALLY BANKRUPT?
The court-appointed official sent in to untangle the financial situation at Atletico Madrid has warned that the club is "technically bankrupt" and in urgent need of 13,000 million pesetas ($74.75 million), according to local media reports.
UEFA PLEDGES TO AVOID TICKETIING CHAOS
European soccer's ruling body UEFA said on Friday it was determined not to repeat the mistakes that blighted the ticketing arrangements for this summer's World Cup finals at the 2000 European championships.
SOCCER BOSS BLASTS PLAYERS? AGENTS
Manchester United soccer manager Alex Ferguson has fired a broadside at players' agents as the English champions move to renegotiate several long term contracts with players.
BRAZIL GP FACES `SUBSTANTIAL SANCTION? ? SAYS MOSLEY
Organisers of the Brazilian Grand Prix risked having the race wiped from the 2001 calendar following the disruption in the qualifying sessions for this year's race, FIA president Max Mosley has said.
GERMAN BANK LAUNCHES BID IN F1 BOND SAGA
A German bank has offered to purchase all of motor racing tycoon Bernie Ecclestone's planned bond issue provided conditions including a reduction in the deal's size are met, bankers in London has said.