Germany
Events

Victoria has won the right to host the 6th World Cup Polo Championships 2001 at The National Equestrian Centre at Werribee Park, from 28 March to 8 April 2001.
Business

Following a flat year on the business side of the US motorsports industry, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, president and chief operating officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc, has said that the growth experienced by the industry, and NASCAR Winston Cup racing in particular, during the 1990s will resume in 2001.
Business

Broadcast sponsorship of Eurosport?s coverage of the Olympic Games was a huge success, according to a survey of European television viewers.
Business

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) says it is prepared to take legal action to recover the debts owed by the eight national triathlon federations, which last week announced the unsanctioned formation of the breakaway Triathlon Council for Europe.
Media

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.

Soccer Australia (SA) chairman Basil Scarsella has won a vote 12-11 to succeed controversial New Zealander Charlie Dempsey as president of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
Business

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".
Business

Eleven clubs from five of Europe's smaller nations attacked the growing gap between soccer's rich and poor on the continent and said they would unveil concrete proposals for a "Euroleague" early next year.
Business

Nigeria pledged on Thursday that the building of facilities will be completed in time to host the All-Africa Games in 2003.
Events

Paris will stage the best Olympics ever if it wins the right to hold them in 2008, the bid organisers said in an official statement.
Business

Les McDonald, president of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), the world governing body of the Olympic sport, has been forced into a court case in Vancouver, British Columbia, over allegations that recent elections to his organisation were fixed, with some national federations being denied their right to vote.
Business

America's Cup holders, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, accepted the Swiss challenge for yachting's biggest prize on Monday after a month of legal wrangling.
Business

Germany's EM.TV & Merchandising said on Monday that privately owned media giant Kirch Group had agreed to acquire a minority stake in the group and take over 49 percent of the company's shares in Formula One holding company SLEC.

Sports law firm S J Berwin & Co has been joined by one of Germany's leading teams of lawyers specialising in private equity and venture capital, as well as corporate M&A and tax.
Stadia

Fox Kids Europe, the pan-European children?s entertainment company, and interactive sports content provider Sportal have signed a long-term agreement to launch dedicated children?s sports sites.
Stadia

Berlin will host its first Speedway Grand Prix when the series comes to the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium on May 5, 2001.
Business

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has dismissed the year-ending Masters Cup as a meaningless tournament.
Stadia

The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) is not considering moving the 2005 world championships away from Britain, IAAF general secretary Istvan Gyulai said on Tuesday.