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The chief executive of Dutch soccer club Ajax Amsterdam has resigned after overseeing one of the most turbulent periods in the club's history.

Octagon CSI?s international television rights contract with the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) has been extended up until 2004.

The High Court has banned radio station talkSPORT from calling its Euro 2000 coverage 'live' after a complaint from the BBC, reports the soccer industry newsletter, The Soccer Investor Weekly Bulletin.

The European Commission has approved Euro 2000's ticket sales policy, just two days before the tournament kicks off in Brussels.

If their faces don't fit, fans will be arrested on the spot at Euro 2000 but organisers believe a zero tolerance policy will ensure a trouble-free tournament.

Euro 2000 organisers say they are concerned at the scale of demand for tickets on the black market but insist it will not undermine their strict security plans.

ESPN International has acquired a package of more than fifty 2002 World Cup qualifying matches from the European group, including matches involving England, Italy, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Norway, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Denmark and Portugal.

The official website of Euro2000 is preparing for almost inevitable 'denial of service' attacks by hackers during the course of the upcoming Tournament according to project's engineers.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said a venue switch for the Euro 2000 match between England and Germany from the small Belgian stadium of Charleroi should be considered to minimise the risk of crowd trouble.

British fans are set to bet more than #100 million pounds ($149m) on Euro 2000, making it the world's biggest single sports betting event, bookmakers Ladbrokes said on Friday.

Organisers of the Euro 2000 soccer championship are hastily preparing a Dutch version of their website after some irate Dutch speakers complained they were not being catered for.

British Home Secretary Jack Straw has said a move by Belgium and the Netherlands to reimpose border controls to prevent trouble at the Euro 2000 soccer tournament was a good idea.

A final allotment of 48,000 Euro 2000 tickets will go on sale today, although they are available only to supporters in Belgium and the Netherlands.

A threatened strike by Belgian police is unlikely to have a major effect on security at next month's Euro 2000 tournament, a police union said on Friday.

Dutch KPN Telecom NV has said it had bid to buy the broadcast rights of all Dutch first division soccer matches for five years in an effort to boost the content of its internet division.

The 2000 Cuervo Wakeboard Pro Tour, which is taking place this summer in five venues across Europe, has secured a series of five TV programmes in the Meridian, Anglia and HTV regions.