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Scandinavian pay-TV broadcaster Canal Digital has said uncertainty surrounding the region's 2002 soccer World Cup rights deal must be resolved by the end of October.

Athletics’ world governing body the IAAF is implementing a range of measures in a boost to spark new interest in its Golden League competition.

English Premier League soccer club Charlton Athletic will be the first team to test the Football Association’s new laser system to help assistant referees judge offside decisions more accurately.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) plans to step up its fight against drugs in sport by helping to finance testing for the stamina-boosting drug erythropoietin (EPO).

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Wednesday it had summoned Amore Vita cycling team director Gianluigi Barsottelli to a hearing on January 7 over doping allegations. CONI said in a statement its anti-doping commission had summoned Barsottelli after studying documents from Bologna magistrates who have been conducting a wide-ranging investigation into alleged doping in cycling. A spokesman for the Italian Professional Cyclists' League said Barsottelli's team was affiliated to the English cycling federation this year.

Canadian Olympic gold medalist Myriam Bedard has announced she is suing Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for C$725,000 ($500,000).

During 1997, the total turnover for Norweigan Premier League football clubs has grown 52% from 1996 to 500,000,000 Norweigan Krona (USD 64 million).

Over 200,000 fake merchandising items were seized by French authorities before the World Cup and thousands were still on sale around the stadiums during Wednesday's first two matches, a government official said on Thursday.

Canadian broadcaster TSN says first round World Cup matches have produced outstanding ratings.

Soccer sportswear manufacturer Umbro has added Norway striker Tore Andre Flo - who scored in last night's improbable 2-1 win against world champions Brazil - to its list of sponsored stars.

Norway?s bid to stage this year?s ice hockey world championships could be scuppered by a new anti-alcohol sponsorship law.

Norway, in a rare departure from its increasingly stringent restrictions on alcohol advertising, has approved a "limited" exemption for the 1999 World Ice Hockey Championships.

Sion officials have made the trip to Olympic headquarters, formally submitting their bid to host the 2006 Winter Games.

Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke will lay out almost 500,000 crowns ($66,390) to make sure his hometown soccer team Molde get plenty of support for a match against Oslo's Valerenga this weekend.

A Norwegian firm that controls English premier league soccer club Wimbledon denied a report that it also wanted to buy second division Manchester City.

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.