Romania
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English soccer chiefs were planning to hold an urgent meeting with European governing body UEFA today in a bid to stop a new generation of hooligans from destroying their Euro 2000 campaign and seriously undermining their 2006 World Cup bid.

German border police have stopped 36 known troublemakers from travelling to Euro2000 since last week and had detained 116 others wanted for different crimes.

A final allotment of 48,000 Euro 2000 tickets will go on sale today, although they are available only to supporters in Belgium and the Netherlands.
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The Extreme Group and UPCtv is to make joint venture the Extreme Sports Channel available in Romania and Bulgaria adding a total of potential 120,000 subscribers to its reach.
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More than half of Italian soccer fans say that commercialisation is behind the downturn in fortunes experienced by their country's football teams.
Events

NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL

Romania and South Africa have signed a bilateral co-operation agreement in Pretoria to lay the foundation for practical relationships at the level of sport federations, clubs and schools.
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French customs officials have seized more than 77,800 pairs of counterfeit Adidas, Fila and Sprandi sports shoes in a shipment from China at the French port of Le Havre.
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The Extreme Sports Channel has extended it reach to include the city of Louvain in Belgium.

Romania's sports ministry (MTS) has launched an official investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, a ministry spokesman has said.
Events

News Corp and Liberty Media has announced that its joint venture Fox Sports International is to launch a sports television channel targeting viewers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.
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Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, is now available on digital cable in Germany.
Business

This season's secondary European club rugby competition has been launched with a new name, the European Shield rebranded as the Parker Pen Shield.
Business

Tennis tournaments in the US and Brazil will continue this week despite Tuesday's terror attacks in New York and Washington.
Business

The main shareholder in Romania's National Bucharest has had his licence withdrawn by the country's soccer federation for failing to honour the contracts of 15 players, a club official has said.