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The organisers of Euro 2000 responded to complaints of major ticketing problems, saying that only "a few hundred" fans had suffered because of mistakes in the ticket allocation process.

Rangers have dismissed a plan by arch-rivals Celtic that they should both quit Scottish football to join a proposed European league involving top clubs from the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal.

A simulated riot and fire drill intended as a test of security procedures for next year's European soccer championship had to be cut short at the weekend after a group of real hooligans turned up. The police, ambulance and fire services had invited about 800 volunteers to simulate a mass exit from a pretend fire in Rotterdam's De Kuip stadium and disturbances outside the ground.

Portugal has won the race to host UEFA?s 2004 European Championships.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said that all international teams will play to a unified calendar after the European Championships in Belgium and the Netherlands next year.

The Dutch city of Arnhem is to spend one million guilders ($500,000) on close circuit television cameras ahead of next year's European soccer championship.

The WTA Tour is close to completing a five-year title sponsorship contract worth more than $40 million with Sanex, a subsidiary of the Sara Lee Corp, according to a report in the US advertising and media magazine Brandweek.

Germany's players will receive 150,000 marks ($77,160) each if they retain their crown at next year's European Championship finals, the German Football Federation (DFB) said on Tuesday.

The initial batch of 400,000 of the 1.2 million tickets available for next year's European soccer championships have all been sold, tournament director Alain Courtois has said.

Media Partners, the company behind the failed bid to launch a European Super League, says it is ready to launch another attempt to set up a privately-run elite soccer competition.

Dutch soccer club PSV Eindhoven chairman Harry van Raaij believes his club will quit the Dutch championship to play in a 16-team European league by 2002, according to reports.

Euro 2000 will be less profitable for co-hosts the Netherlands than originally thought, research has indicated.

The Belgian government has approved a budget of 30 million Belgian francs ($758,100) to finance a national publicity campaign for this summer's Euro 2000 soccer championship.

FIFA vice-president David Will, has cautioned Celtic and Rangers against setting up a proposed Atlantic League without authorisation from the world's governing body.

Glasgow Rangers and Celtic plan to lobby the Scottish Football Association and UEFA in order to create a second string European league that would effectively end the UEFA Cup.

Internet Service Provider PSINet has finally signed as a major sponsor of UEFA?s Euro 2000 soccer tournament in a deal worth a reported $11million.