Belgium

The British government's emergency legislation to tackle soccer hooligans has been passed by the House of Commons but still faces a big hurdle in the House of Lords.
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Irvin Khoza, chairman of South Africa's World Cup 2006 Bid Committee, is to meet a top Belgian lawyer in Brussels over a possible legal challenge to the vote which handed the tournament to Germany.
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UEFA?s head of club competitions has quit the organisation to team up with the G14 pressure group, comprising of Europe?s leading soccer clubs.

British MPs have backed emergency legislation to curb soccer hooliganism, despite members from all parties expressing concerns over civil liberties.

Belgian first division side Charleroi has been taken over by soft drinks company Chaudfontaine.

European basketball is set to be split into two opposing camps in Thessaloniki today when newcomers ULEB will challenge the sport's governing body FIBA by announcing its own rival to the recently launched Suproleague.
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The Euro 2000 website received more than a billion visits during the championships, making it one of the most popular sites ever, according to the company hosting the site.

The British government will publish draft legislation today curbing the ease with which soccer hooligans travel abroad and cause the kind of mayhem witnessed at the Euro 2000 tournament.
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Hooliganism which marred England?s Euro 2000 campaign has been blamed for the collapse of the country?s hopes of staging the 2006 World Cup.
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Germany has sensationally won the right to stage the FIFA 2006 World Cup ? bringing soccer?s most valuable property back to European shores.

Facts about the FIFA vote to decide who stages the 2006 World Cup finals, which will take place on Thursday in Zurich.
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Italian media mogul, soccer club owner and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has sparked the resignation of the coach of the country?s soccer team.
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Belgium's zero-tolerance policing of Euro 2000 stamped out violence by thugs and hooligans bent only on destruction, according to the country's Interior Minister..

Britain's Home Secretary Jack Straw will today announce proposals to tackle the "yob culture" of soccer hooligans before the start of World Cup qualifying matches in October.

An influential FIFA executive committee member has promised to stick by England at this week?s crucial vote ? a move which may see it avoid a humiliating first round exit.
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Scotland is set to mount a bid to host soccer?s 2008 European Championships.
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The German government is leaving nothing to chance in the run-up to FIFA?s decision on the choice of World Cup 2006 hosts.

Gerhard Schmid, a vice president of the European Parliament, has proposed the most draconian measure yet to deal with the threat of English hooliganism during major soccer tournaments.