Greece

ENIC, the London stock market-listed sports and leisure company, is looking to transfer its market listing from the main market to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) so that it can comply with UEFA rules on dual ownership of clubs.

Greece's state-run Soccer Pools and Lottery Organisation (OPAP) hopes to raise about 60 billion drachmas ($156.2 million) through a share sale to help fund the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Two of Greece's largest dairies have been selected as sponsors of the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Jacques Rogge, a Belgian surgeon who has won a reputation for fixing the pains and strains of organising Olympic Games, on Monday joined the race for world sport's most powerful job - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

The 2004 Athens Olympic Games has exceeded combined national and international sponsorship targets, amassing more than $430 million, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.

Greece rejected claims by soccer's world governing body FIFA that the government was meddling in Greek soccer, risking a ban from international competition.

Athens 2004 Olympics organisers said on Tuesday they would press ahead with the construction of a water sports complex north-east of the capital despite concerns by environmental groups and archaeologists.

ENIC Plc, the new owners of Tottenham Hotspur, have the qualities to restore the premier league soccer club to former glories but will not break the bank in the search of a quick fix, financial analysts say.

The toe-dipping around the Olympic pool is set to stop and the serious contenders are preparing to dive into the race for world sport's most powerful job - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

Old Trafford will host England's World Cup qualifier with Greece on October 6, the Football Association announced on Friday.

The BBC is understood to have paid around #3m ($4.3m) for exclusive live TV and radio rights to England's World Cup soccer qualifier against Greece in June.

FIFA has reserved judgment after investigating whether a bitter feud between the Greek football association (EPO) and the government was affecting the Greek game.

Greece has named a London-trained technocrat as deputy chief for the 2004 Olympics, three months after his predecessor resigned from the troubled Games.

Athoc 2004, the organising body for the Athens Olympics, is setting up an online management information system to cover more than 130 games-related projects being launched this year.

Dwindling attendances, crowd trouble, match-rigging allegations and poor stadium conditions all paint a grim picture of the state of Greek football.

Alan Sugar's 10-year reign as the owner of Tottenham Hotspur ended on Wednesday when media group ENIC completed its purchase of his 26.9 percent holding, worth around 22 million pounds ($31.84 million).