Romania

Romanian Prime Minister Radu Vasile has accused local soccer club presidents of resorting to illegal payments in a long-running match-fixing scandal, the first such accusation made by the country's top leaders.
Events

Both the BBC and its rival ? the commercial network ITV ? will broadcast live coverage of the England vs Germany clash at Euro 2000 this summer.
Media

Romanian national coach Anghel Iordanescu has accused the country's soccer authorities of endangering the country's World Cup chances by denying him funds, facilities and competitive warm-up matches.
Business

Romania's Defence Minister removed Colonel Cristian Gatu as head of Steaua Bucharest sport club on Tuesday in what could be a step towards loosening the military's grip of the country's two top teams.
Business

France 98 has not delivered the goods for UK commercial TV netork ITV despite the apparent deluge of television advertising related to football, reports the London Sunday Telegraph.
Media

England will not be barred from the World Cup finals despite the behaviour of its hooligan fans, FIFA said on Monday.
Stadia

Colombian leftist guerrillas toasted Brazil's and Mexico's World Cup victories and vowed to fight for the right of every Colombian to enjoy "happiness, fiesta and football."
Media

UK broadcaster ITV Sport reports an audience of 21 million for its live transmission of England?s 2-1 World Cup defeat at the hands of Romania.

The World Cup failed to boost advertising revenue for Britain?s ITV network which saw June figures fall some #8 million ($12m).

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.

Stadia

Rising violence amongst Romanian soccer fans has spawned a new phenomenon in the country's post-communist sport - the gun-carrying soccer star.

Business

This season's European Cup Final - likely to be the last under the current format - will be played at the Nou Camp Stadium, home of Barcelona.

Vasile Ianul, who is standing trial on charges of fraud during his tenure at Dinamo Bucharest, has been appointed president of Romanian second division club Politehnica Iasi.

Business

Crvena Zvezda Belgrade has said they planned to ignore an order by UEFA to play a European match at a neutral venue because of political tension.

Alexandru Siperco, veteran Romanian member of the IOC who persuaded Communist authorities to compete in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, died on Monday. He was 78.

Business

A Texas judge has declared Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu an adult, ending a bitter legal dispute in which she accused her parents of squandering the fortune she made in sports.

Romanian soccer club Rapid Bucharest has appointed Gheorghe Dinu as its general manager to replace Dinu Dragan, named as the team manager.

Stadia

The Romanian Professional League (LFP) has banned first division clubs Steaua and Dinamo Bucharest from allowing their supporters to sit in large groups after trouble at their derby last weekend.