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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.

European soccer's ruling body UEFA has "major concerns" over proposals by a number of clubs to abandon their national championships and set up their own league together.

Internet TV company Kamera Interactive is to deliver broadband broadcasts from the Olympic Games for Swedish communication company Bredbandsbolaget (B2).

The ATP Tour will unveil the latest ad in its "New Balls Please" campaign in tomorrow's edition of USA Today.

Moldova has been given permission by UEFA to use their main stadium for international matches this season, the country's soccer chief said.

Sportal, the global provider of interactive sports content, has signed an extensive multi language sports content distribution deal with Yahoo! Europe.

APTN has chosen Stockholm-based Kamera Interactives? ?KameraOne? service for the online distribution of some of its sports and news video content across Europe.

Holders Real Madrid will find out their first opponents in the 2000/2001 Champions League on

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.