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The IAAF has received interest from eight cities to host the 2005 World Championships following the withdrawal of London at the end of last year.
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Eight cities have shown an interest in staging the World Championships competition in 2005 after it was controversially taken away from the UK after the Picketts Lock debacle.
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Formula One aims to ban tobacco advertising by 2007, the sport's ruling body has reiterated.
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Scotland is considering a joint bid with the Republic of Ireland to host football's 2008 European Championships according to UK newspaper reports.

Bosnia and Croatia have confirmed they will bid to host soccer’s European championships in 2008 – and have delivered preliminary details to ruling body UEFA on their plans.
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The Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have confirmed their intention to bid for the right to host the 2008 European Championships.
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The UK has been axed as host of the 2005 World Athletic Championships in the wake of the Picketts Lock debacle - with the sport’s governing body re-opening the bidding process.
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The following are pen pictures of the five candidates seeking to take over from Juan Antonio Samaranch when he retires after 21 years as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday.

Voting figures in the election for the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday:
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Hungarian retail group Fotex bought a majority stake in first division soccer champions Ferencvaros on Saturday in a deal worth 2.4billion forints ($8.38m), commercial television station RTL Klub said.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has dismissed rumours that London may have to abandon its plans to host the 2005 World Championships.
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Swiss soccer institution, the Wankdorf stadium, has closed its doors for the final time.
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Hungary has decided to make a solo bid for the 2008 European Championships after unsuccessful talks with potential co-hosts Croatia, youth and sports Minister Tamas Deutsch said.

Imre Bozoky has been appointed the new president of Hungary?s national soccer association, the HFA.
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Hungary hopes to score a first on the Internet by broadcasting a soccer game live on the web later this month, a local sports newspaper reported.
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Michael Richter of the Czech advertising agency IP Praha has said his company's revenues from ads during the World Cup will bebetween 25 and 30 million crowns.
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The weekend?s Hungarian Formula One race broke all records, said Janos Berenyi, chairman of the race organiser Hungaroring Sport.
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Till Lufft, general secretary of the European Athletic Association has declared the organisation `very pleased? with the level of sponsor support for the European Championships which start tomorrow.