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Germany and Portugal are due to take part in a series of international friendlies in South Korea to open new stadiums for the 2002 World Cup.

English soccer club Chelsea is in talks with Italian club Lazio about setting up a rival to the G14 group of top European clubs.

The Argentine domestic season will finally get under way at the weekend two weeks later than planned after the second players' strike of the year delayed the start.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Beach soccer is to win the official recognition of governing body FIFA this week in a move that will greatly enhance the sport?s chances of winning Olympic status by 2008.

Sportal, the troubled UK-based sports internet company, has told sportbusiness.com it has room for ?cautious optimism? over finding an investor to save it from administration.

A new 70,000 capacity stadium is to be built in Lisbon to help it prepare for the 2004 European soccer championships, for which Portugal is the host country.

Sportal, the UK-based sports internet company, will today make last-ditch attempts to save itself from administration.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter called on Friday for worldwide bans against players who are found guilty of using false passports.

English rugby officials will put forward plans for a Six Nations Championship with 12 teams with emerging European nations forming a second division.

Brazilian lawmakers investigating corruption in soccer are to provide FIFA with information on the illegal transfer of players to European clubs, they said on Wednesday.

Sporting events across Europe are under threat as fears about the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain spread to the continent.