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The organisers of the new Premier1 Grand Prix series have signed another leading European soccer club – with four other clubs close to agreeing terms.

Major League Baseball owners meet in Chicago, FIFA meets the IOC in Lausanne, the PGA hold their annual meeting in Palm Beach and the International Sailing Federation hold their annual conference in Lisbon.

Cycling’s 2004 Road World Championship is to be staged in Verona, Italy, the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) management committee has decided.

The 2002 Tennis Masters Cup, the season-ending tournament for men co-owned by the ATP, the Grand Slams and the International Tennis Federation, will be staged by Shanghai.

The head of Scottish soccer’s Premier League, chief executive Roger Mitchell, has called for changes to the hierarchy of the game.

Portugal's top soccer clubs have voted to establish a second knock-out cup competition.

Glasgow Rangers chairman David Murray has said that Rangers and Celtic could play soccer in the English Premier League and field an under-21 side in the Scottish Premiership.

UEFA is following world soccer’s ruling body FIFA in establishing its own in-house marketing operation – and has appointed former ISL football chief Philippe Margraff to head it up.

HOK Sport has been appointed as architect for the new Benfica Stadium in Portugal.

Eight of Europe’s top soccer clubs are meeting with European soccer’s ruling body UEFA today to discuss the reform of the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

Portuguese legal authorities have charged Joao Vale e Azevedo, former chairman of soccer club Benfica, with embezzlement and money laundering after a preliminary investigation into alleged misuse of funds at the club, state news agency Lusa said on Friday

A new crowd-pleasing motor-racing Grand Prix series featuring cars racing in the livery of Europe’s top soccer clubs is aiming to reach one billion viewers in its first season, sportbusiness.com can reveal.

Hungary has decided to make a solo bid for the 2008 European Championships after unsuccessful talks with potential co-hosts Croatia, youth and sports Minister Tamas Deutsch said.

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) has cancelled the European leg of the World Championship Tour after US surfers decided against travelling to Europe after the attacks on New York and Washington.

Imola staged what will probably be its last motorcycling Grand Prix for the foreseeable future on Sunday after years as one of the world's most challenging circuits.

Rangers have dismissed a plan by arch-rivals Celtic that they should both quit Scottish football to join a proposed European league involving top clubs from the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal.