Italy
FOOT-AND-MOUTH HITS SIX NATIONS
Britain's foot-and-mouth crisis hit the Six Nations on Tuesday when the game between Wales and Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday was postponed in an effort to help prevent the spread of the disease.
WENGER WANTS MORE DEBATE OVER TRANSFER TURMOIL
Arsene Wenger wants other managers to speak out about the controversy surrounding the abolition of football's transfer system.
MOSLEY SAYS ALTERNATIVE F1 SERIES UNLIKELY
An alternative Formula One series backed by major carmakers is unlikely to happen, world motor sport chief Max Mosley was quoted as saying on Friday.
FIRM CLAIMS ITALIAN 3-G SOCCER RIGHTS DEAL
Hutchison 3G Italia , holder of an Italian third-generation mobile phone service licence, says it has acquired exclusive rights to transmit highlights of five Italian soccer clubs' games.
POWERBOAT STANDARDS SET AS SERIES GETS UNDERWAY
The opening leg of the UIM Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, will be used as a benchmark for other venues of the 14-round UIM world championship
ITALIAN SOCCER CLUBS WON?T FOOT THE BILL FOR VIOLENCE
Italy's soccer clubs should not be forced to pay for the policing of their increasingly violent stadiums, the head of the Football League said on Monday.
HINGIS TAKES ONE SMALL STEP FOR FEMINISM IN GULF
Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce did not exactly blaze a trail for feminism when they played in the first women's tennis tournament in the Gulf region this week. But they were part of a quiet revolution taking place in the area.
SKY?S RUGBY VIEWERS ARE ALL EARS
Sky Sports? digital viewers will be able to listen to everything the referee says when it launches Ref-Link for England?s Six Nations rugby clash with Italy at Twickenham, London on Saturday.
FA GIVES GO AHEAD FOR $44m ACADEMY
The English Football Association has unveiled plans for the nation?s first National Football Centre, inspired by the French Academy at Clairefontaine, near Paris.
2003 CRICKET WORLD CUP GETS ICC APPROVAL
The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.
BIDDING CITIES AWAIT IOC JUDGEMENT
Even the most experienced Olympic observers cannot agree on which city will win the battle to stage the 2008 Summer Games as the deciding vote draws near.
SENSI VOWS TO TURN ROMA INTO ITALY’S MAN UTD
AS Roma President Franco Sensi wants to turn the club into an Italian Manchester United by clinching a deal with a big U.S. sports team.
ENGLISH CLUBS GIVEN TWO WEEKS TO VALIDATE PASSPORTS
English soccer clubs have been given a two-week deadline to ensure they are not fielding players with false passports.
INTER AND UDINESE IN TROUBLE OVER PASSPORTS
Inter Milan and fellow Serie A club Udinese could be docked points for their role in an escalating scandal over false European Union passports, an official at the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has said.
BRITISH POLICE TO INVESTIGATE DUAL PASSPORTS
Police are to investigate the validity of European passports held by 80 foreign nationals playing for English soccer clubs, British newspapers reported on Friday.
SEVEN BILLION TUNE INTO EURO 2000
The EURO 2000 football championships were watched by a cumulative audience of seven billion people, a new survey reveals.
FIFA ASKS FOR TOUGHER ACTION ON FALSE PASSPORTS
Soccer's world governing body FIFA has asked its member countries to take firm action against anyone involved in the falsification of passports.
MAN UNITED SCORE IN EUROPEAN POPULARITY STAKES
Manchester United is the most popular club outside of England, a new survey has revealed.