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UEFA chief executive Gerhard Aigner says soccer revenues cannot be stretched indefinitely and national associations should consider salary caps.

World and European soccer chiefs return to the negotiating table in Brussels tomorrow, seeking a solution to a long-running row over transfer rules which the European Commission has branded illegal.

The Euro 2000 Foundation closed its doors and its books yesterday with an 18 million euro ($17 million) profit to be channelled to youth football in the Netherlands and Belgium, the tournament's co-hosts.

Belgian Football Association President Michel D'Hooghe said on Monday he was resigning as chairman and executive committee member in June.

The European Commission has said no new date had been set for talks with soccer's governing bodies on a transfer system to replace current rules that the European Union executive says are illegal.

Belgian champions Anderlecht has said they had been invited to join the so-called G14 lobby group that unites some of Europe's premier soccer clubs.

The European Commission is studying new proposals from soccer's world governing body FIFA on reforming the player transfer system.

World and European soccer champions France have launched a publicity campaign aimed at keeping the French public interested in the team.

World soccer chiefs have asked for Friday's scheduled meeting with the European Commission over the future of player transfers to be postponed.

UK-based television rights creator and owner, The Television Corporation plc, has completed the #15million acquisition of Offshore Sport Promotions Limited, the world offshore power boat race promoter.

World soccer chiefs said on Wednesday they were considering new proposals from the European Commission on a player's right to terminate his contract.

Eleven soccer clubs from five of Europe's smaller nations are to keep alive the prospect of a breakaway "Euroleague" in the face of UEFA's failure to address their concerns.

FIFA said it is close to agreement with the European Commission on revamping disputed soccer transfer rules.

UEFA chief executive Gerhard Aigner says that the Champions League needs to be reformed to prevent fans losing interest in the tournament, according to a report in a British newspaper.

Leading figures from world soccer face crunch time today as they attempt to persuade the European Commission to accept their plans to revamp the disputed player transfer system.

Twelve major clubs from six of Europe's smaller nations have met with UEFA, to voice their concerns about the growing gap between soccer's rich and poor and discuss proposals for a new "Euro League".