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UEFA president Lennart Johansson has said he was confident that UEFA's plans to reform their club competitions would prevent the creation of a breakaway European Super League.

Dutch soccer champions Ajax Amsterdam say they are in talks with Belgian first division team Germinal Ekeren with a view to forming some sort of partnership.

This season's European Cup Final - likely to be the last under the current format - will be played at the Nou Camp Stadium, home of Barcelona.

Twelve of Europe's top clubs have asked UEFA for closer co-operation in the organisation of the European Champions' League and insisted on having more input in financial matters.

Europe's leading soccer leagues have taken on world governing body FIFA about releasing players for the controversial Confederations' Cup in January.

Real Madrid and AC Milan have thrown their support behind UEFA's plans for a revamped Champions' League after another meeting between 12 of Europe's top clubs and their governing body.

The final of the European Championship in 2000 will be held in the Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam.

The spirit of co-operation between Europe's leading soccer clubs and UEFA was tested on Tuesday when they began discussing the financial aspects of an expanded Champions' League.

Fiorentina said on Sunday that they would appeal against European soccer body UEFA's decision to kick the Italian league leaders out of the UEFA Cup.

Austria's joint-bid with Hungary to host the 2004 European soccer Championship finals should be taken "very seriously," Beppo Mauhart, the president of the Austrian F.A., has said.

Europe's leading 14 clubs have accepted UEFA's proposals for a 32-team European Champions' League.

Fans planning to attend the Euro 2000 soccer championship will be able to buy just two tickets per game, Belgian Interior Minister Luc Van den Bosshe has said.

A joint four nation Nordic bid to host the European Championship finals of 2008 is to be considered, a spokesman for the Danish soccer federation has said.

European soccer's ruling body UEFA said on Friday it was determined not to repeat the mistakes that blighted the ticketing arrangements for this summer's World Cup finals at the 2000 European championships.

Former European champions Ajax Amsterdam is to form an affiliated squad in Cape Town, the Dutch club has announced.

Dutch soccer champions Ajax have taken a 51 percent in Ajax Cape Town, a new club which will start competing in South Africa's Premier Soccer League in the 1999-2000 season it has been confirmed.