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News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch is looking to restrain the company?s spending and possibly sell off assets to concentrate on the mooted $40billion acquisition of DirecTV, the US satellite operator .

Brazilian soccer striker Alex returned to France on Monday morning to give evidence in the false passports scandal that has rocked the sport.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is confident of reaching agreement over a new transfer system acceptable to the European Union, despite reports of a rift with UEFA.

Brazilian superstar Ronaldo has given evidence at the Brazilian parliamentary investigation into alleged corruption in football ? but refused to disclose details of his contract with Nike.

Brazilian soccer striker Ronaldo may shed some light on his mysterious performance in the 1998 World Cup Final when he appears before a congressional commission today.

Brazil's top sports tribunal has ordered Vasco da Gama and Sao Caetano to replay their championship final after an earlier match was suspended due to crowd disturbances.

Brazilian soccer directors have postponed a decision on the outcome of the Joao Havelange Cup final which was abandoned on Saturday when a stadium fence collapsed under a crush of fans.

Brazilian soccer officials have come under fire following a stadium accident which left around 100 people injured and forced the cancellation of the Joao Havelange Cup final midway through the first half.

The US has announced it is to bid to stage FIFA?s Club World Championships in 2003.

The French National Soccer League (LNF) has suspended St Etienne players Alex of Brazil and Maxim Levytsky from Ukraine pending an investigation into their passports.

The father of Brazilian driver Pedro Diniz has bought a large stake in the Prost formula one team, the British magazine Autosport said on Thursday.

Former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has walked out on Santos after only 28 days in charge of the team.

A Congressional commission investigating Brazilian soccer spread to Portugal on Wednesday as two of its members arrived in Lisbon in their search for the so-called mafia of fake passports.

Former Brazil coach Mario Zagallo has appeared before a Congressional commission and denied that sportswear giants and national team sponsors Nike had interfered in the picking of the team when he was in charge.

UFA Sports has concluded a general marketing contract with the top Brazilian soccer club Vasco da Gama.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has promised to send, literally, a lorry-load of documents to Brasilia to help a Congressional inquiry investigating the country's national sport.