Portugal

Glasgow Rangers chairman David Murray has revealed that the Ibrox club, along with rivals Celtic, have agreed in principle to join a new pan-European football league.

Austria's soccer federation has been approached by Switzerland's head of state Adolf Ogi to discuss a possible joint-bid for Euro 2008, according to local media reports.

In a move that could be imitated by other charge card businesses, Portugal Telecom SA, has signed agreements with three of Portugal's top soccer teams to offer branded calling cards.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in conjunction with Lisbon-based Regino Cruz Arquitectos e Consultores (RCAC) has been awarded first prize in a design competition for the new Algarve Stadium in Faro, Portugal, amongst eight short-listed proposals. The winning team also includes Sport Concepts, the UK-based specialists in stadium design.

ESPN Latin America and ESPN Pacific Rim will broadcast coverage of the ATP Tennis Masters Series at Toronto and Cincinnati in the coming weeks.

The centrepiece of Portugal?s stadium programme for Euro 2004 has struck financing problems for its renovation and construction.

The Russian Football Union is asking the government to bankroll its bid to host the European soccer championship in 2008.

European basketball is set to be split into two opposing camps in Thessaloniki today when newcomers ULEB will challenge the sport's governing body FIBA by announcing its own rival to the recently launched Suproleague.

Italian soccer champions Lazio has agreed to a world record 110 billion lire ($54.16 million) deal to sign Argentine striker Hernan Crespo from Parma.

The Euro 2000 website received more than a billion visits during the championships, making it one of the most popular sites ever, according to the company hosting the site.

Austrian state broadcasting organisation Oesterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) reports that its TV coverage of the Euro 2000 semi final between France and Portugal attracted 1.13 million Austrian citizens while 1.369 million watched the match between Italy and the Netherlands. Women accounted for 30% of this figure.

Scotland is set to mount a bid to host soccer?s 2008 European Championships.

The roof of the Amsterdam Arena was closed for the first time during Euro2000 on Saturday for the opening quarter-final between Portugal and Turkey.

While millions of soccer fans settle down on Sunday to watch the quarter-finals of Euro 2000, some might be tempted to flip television channels to catch a glimpse of the American variety's championship game.

The German government is leaving nothing to chance in the run-up to FIFA?s decision on the choice of World Cup 2006 hosts.

U.S.-owned supermarket chain Asda has been criticised for selling England replica football T-shirts made in Turkey.