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International sports chiefs are to attend a world conference on drug abuse after recent controversies have shown that doping is still a huge problem nearly a decade after the Ben Johnson scandal.

UEFA's executive committee look set to discuss radical new changes to the format of their three European club competitions later this month in a bid to combat the threat of a breakaway Super League.

Dr S. Robert Contiguglia has been elected President of the US Soccer Federation and confirmed that the US will bid for the 2010 World Cup.

UEFA, battling to avert the creation of a breakaway Super League, it may merge two of Europe's three major competitions.

The US based Marquee group has continued on its acquisitive trail through the sports marketing business by buying the agency which represents some of Britain's top stars.

World athletics chief Primo Nebiolo has assured British Sports Minister Tony Banks that London would have a good chance of staging the 2003 world championships if proposed renovations to Wembley Stadium are completed.

AC Milan, the soccer club controlled by Italian media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, should be listed on the bourse by the end of 2000, the club's vice president Adriano Galliani said on Tuesday.

Athletics chiefs have revamped their fixture list for next season in a bid to make Wednesday nights a focal point for top-class track and field.

British athletics chief David Hemery has formally presented London's bid for the world 2003 championships to International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo.

The extent of football?s booming popularity among Britains armchair fans is confirmed by the release of television ratings that show 29 of the top 30 sporting events in 1998 were football matches.

Britain's Wembley Plc, owner of the national home of English soccer, is likely to reject a last-minute #220 million take-over approach by investment company ENIC Plc , according to reports.

The Argentine Grand Prix has been scrapped from the 1999 Formula One calendar, the InternationalAutomobile Federation (FIA) has announced.

Italian sportswear firm the Basic Group - owner of the Kappa and Robe di Kappa trademarks - has clinched a 56 billion lira (#20m) sponsorship deal with the Italian national soccer team (FIGC).

French pay-television company Canal Plus has signed a multimedia marketing agreement with five top French football clubs and sports advertising executive Jean-Claude Darmon.

A former leader of Atlanta's bid for the 1996 Olympics said his group violated the gift rules of the International Olympic Committee in its pursuit of the Summer Games.

Brands Hatch is set to take over as host circuit of the British Grand Prix when Silverstone's present deal runs out in 2001, motor racing sources said.