Scandinavia

A system that could offer 100 percent accuracy on line calls in tennis will be used for the first time at November's hardcourt Stockholm Open.

Research and evaluation specialist S-Comm is expanding its support office in Sweden with three new staff members.

Leading Swedish clubs AIK Stockholm, IFK Gothenburg and Helsingborg might be interested in playing in a new European league if governing body UEFA backs the idea.

PayForView.com, integrated on-line and off-line entertainment company, has acquired the internet broadcast rights to two international soccer games: The USA woman's championship team versus. Norway on July 30th and the Benfica versus Liverpool game on August 5th.

UEFA has ordered the Moldova soccer federation (MSF) to close down the main stadium in the capital of the tiny, impoverished ex-Soviet republic for safety reasons.

The World Cup short-course swimming series has been cut from 12 meetings to 10 and will offer more prize money.

Facts about the FIFA vote to decide who stages the 2006 World Cup finals, which will take place on Thursday in Zurich.

Police fired tear gas, launched baton charges and arrested dozens of Belgian soccer fans in central Brussels late on Saturday after the opening game of the Euro 2000 championships.

Octagon CSI has acquired the exclusive five-year worldwide television rights (excluding the UK and Sweden) for the European Ladies Golf Tour , named ?The Evian Tour?.

The European Commission has approved Euro 2000's ticket sales policy, just two days before the tournament kicks off in Brussels.

Mobile phone crazy Swedes will be able to follow the fortunes of their national team in the European soccer championships through their handsets, Swedish wireless services innovator Goyada said on Friday.

Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, has become available on the UPC Sweden network from May 1st. UPCtv has signed an agreement with UPC Sverige to distribute Extreme Sports Channel in the city of Stockholm.

S:COMM, the Stockholm-based market research compnay, has agreed a partnership with Lynne Anderson Consulting Group in Sydney, Australia. The group will add S:Comm?s Spindex monitoring service to its value-added services for brand exposure evaluation during spring 2000.

Belgian authorities acted out their Euro 2000 "disaster plan" earlier this week at Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium, the ground rebuilt and renamed after the 1985 Heysel tragedy.

The Extreme Sports Channel has extended it reach to include the city of Louvain in Belgium.

Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, is now available on digital cable in Germany.