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England are to play Belgium in a friendly at Sunderland's Stadium of Light on Sunday 10 October.

The most important case since the Bosman ruling in the European Court of Justice revolutionised players rights will be made in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne next week.

The Dutch are hurrying through a new law which would give police powers to separate groups of potential trouble-makers at major events in time for the 2000 European soccer championship finals.

Organisers of next year's Euro 2000 soccer tournament say they have received applications for more than one million tickets after the initial batch of 400,000 went on sale to the public.

The European Commission says it has started formal proceedings against FIA, the governing body of world motor sport, and Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One on suspicion that they breached EU competition rules.

Fines for red and yellow cards at next year's European soccer championships will be given to young victims of land mines, the tournament's director said recently.

Organisers of last year's soccer World Cup have been fined just 1,000 Euros (#650) over the ticket fiasco which dogged the tournament.

ISL has signed a deal with adidas to be a licensee and official supplier to UEFA's Euro 2000 tournament.

German media group Kirch has agreed to buy Swiss sports rights marketing company CWL Telesport & Marketing AG in a move to expand its international soccer business.

Soccer players in next year's European championships will be advised not to spend all their winnings at once as Dutch tax officials will be insisting on their share.

Mark Monaghan has been appointed Chief Financial officer at Umbro Holdings.

The IOC cannot be expected to help China with any internal issues or foreign disputes during the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said.

Glasgow Rangers chairman David Murray has said that Rangers and Celtic could play soccer in the English Premier League and field an under-21 side in the Scottish Premiership.

Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has renewed his call to defeated rival Dick Pound to stay on as both the Games' marketing chief and a key figure in the fight against doping.

Former CART CEO Andrew Craig has entered the race to buy up the research arm of the bankrupt ISMM Group, sportbusiness.com can exclusively reveal.

The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) is to hand over 25 names to the Federal Police following its investigation into the illegal traffic of minors.