Italy

This season’s UEFA Champions League winner could earn up to 100 million euros (67.8 million pounds) on top of prize money and tournament gate receipts, according to a study for sponsors Mastercard.

Italian soccer giant Juventus has unveiled its latest attempt to preserve its Serie A status after losing its recent appeal hearing.

The Italian Football Federation’s match-fixing tribunal ruled that Reggina could remain in Serie A but will start the season with a 15-point deduction.

With more than 2 months to go before the opening of SPORTELMonaco 2006, exhibitors have committed to more than 85% of the expanded floor space in the Grimaldi Forum.

Spanish Primera Liga club Barcelona expects its pre-season tour of USA to generate four times more revenue than its tour there in 2003.

Italian Serie A club Reggina will stand trial over allegations of match fixing.

Three new directors have been appointed to the European Sponsorship Association Board following its AGM.

UEFA’s Emergency Panel admitted AC Milan to Champions League third qualifying round.

UEFA will announce on Wednesday at 1200 GMT whether to allow AC Milan to participate in this season's Champions League.

Uefa said it would allow Italian club AC Milan to enter the Champions League draw on a provisional basis pending a final decision next week.

Uefa said that AC Milan's place in the third qualifying round of the Champions League will be reviewed by its emergency panel later today.

Three of the four Serie A clubs implicated in the match fixing scandal are to pursue their appeals in the civil courts. All four clubs had their punishments reduced at an initial appeal held by the FIGC sports court in Rome on Tuesday.

The verdicts in the Italian match fixing trial are expected to be delivered today – ahead of this evening’s Uefa deadline by which the Italian football federation must submit its list of teams to compete in next season's Champions League and Uefa Cup competitions.

Italian club Juventus pleaded for leniency at the appeal hearing where Lazio, AC Milan and Fiorentina are also appealing their punishments for match fixing.

The four top Italian football clubs found guilty in the Serie A match-fixing scandal will have their appeals heard on July 22.

Germany and Italy have been warned that they may each lose one of their two Formula One grand prix races from 2007.