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NO DATE YET FOR EUROPEAN TRANSFER SUMMIT
There is still no date for a European summit involving the European Commission and the presidents of FIFA and UEFA aimed at helping break the deadlock over the player transfer system.
EC INVITES FIFA, UEFA TO TRANSFER "SUMMIT?
The European Commission has offered to meet the presidents of UEFA and FIFA for talks to break the deadlock over a new soccer transfer system.
INSURANCE FIRM NAMED NEW OPEN SPONSOR
Nordic insurance company "if?" is to replace Scania as title sponsor of the Swedish tennis tournament the Stockholm Open.
BBC INSERTS SLALOM GATE CAMERAS
The British Broadcasting Corporation?s Outside Broadcasts Special Facilities team is to install the world's first slalom gate cameras for a new extreme sports event in Stockholm.
MAYOR SIGNS DEAL FOR F1 TRACK IN MOSCOW
An agreement to build a multifunctional motor sport complex in Moscow, part of which will be a Formula 1 track, has been approved by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and president of the British company TWR Group Tom Walkinshaw.
ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP LIGHTS UP
Battery firm Energizer has signed a deal to become an international partner of the European Athletic Association Programme of Championship events 2000-2003.
AMERICA?S CUP DISPUTE RESOLVED AFTER LEGAL WRANGLE
America's Cup holders, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, accepted the Swiss challenge for yachting's biggest prize on Monday after a month of legal wrangling.
BERLIN TO HOST SPEEDWAY GP
Berlin will host its first Speedway Grand Prix when the series comes to the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Stadium on May 5, 2001.
STOCKHOLM TO STAGE SPEEDWAY MEETING
Stockholm?s Olympic Stadium will host its first speedway meeting for nearly thirty years when the Speedway Grand Prix hits the Swedish capital on Saturday 29 September 2001.
TENNIS FANS VIEW ONLINE KAMERA
Internet TV company Kamera is to broadcast the ATP Scania Stockholm Open online next week.
MEETINGS CONTINUE ON ATLANTIC LEAGUE AGENDA
National football association official?s from the countries at the heart of the proposed ?Atlantic League? have met today for further discussions with club representatives.
WUSA UNVEILS NICKNAMES, LOGOS AND VENUES
The Women's United Soccer Association, which plans to kick off next April, unveiled its nicknames, logos and venues.
SWEDISH PROBE INTO `BRIBE? CLAIMS OVER OLYMPIC BID
The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.
TEN CITIES BATTLE IT OUT TO BE WADA HQ
Ten cities have submitted bids to be the permanent headquarters of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).
AIR SPORTS FEDERATION SIGNS WITH DISCOVERY DIGITAL NETWORK
Universal McCann Event, McCann Erickson?s sports marketing department in Paris, has brokered a partnership agreement between Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body for air sports, and Discovery Wings Channel, the North American channel for air sports enthusiasts.
KAMERA GETS THE FULL PICTURE OF GAMES
Internet TV company Kamera Interactive is to deliver broadband broadcasts from the Olympic Games for Swedish communication company Bredbandsbolaget (B2).
ATP TOUR UNVEILS "NEW BALLS PLEASE" II
The ATP Tour will unveil the latest ad in its "New Balls Please" campaign in tomorrow's edition of USA Today.
STADIUM GETS UEFA ALL CLEAR
Moldova has been given permission by UEFA to use their main stadium for international matches this season, the country's soccer chief said.