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Sporting events across Europe are under threat as fears about the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain spread to the continent.

Formula One champion Michael Schumacher heads the American Forbes Magazine's list of the highest paid athletes for the year 2000 with US$59m in earnings.

Organisers of the 2005 world athletics championships said on Thursday they are not concerned that London mayor Ken Livingstone has refused to sign a contract with the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).

Austrian and Swiss soccer officials will meet in Bern on March 9 to discuss a possible joint bid to host the 2008 European Championships, officials said on Tuesday.

Anticipation of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City moves into high gear this week when the men's alpine skiing venue at Snowbasin makes its World Cup debut with a pair of downhills and a super-G.

Europe?s top soccer clubs have learnt that the player?s union FIFPro is lobbying for a controversial get out clause to player contracts under the new transfer rules to be established by the European Union.

The Champions League could revert to one group stage followed by knock-out rounds and the UEFA Cup might adopt a similar format as a result of a UEFA meeting in Switzerland.

World and European soccer chiefs will meet with leading clubs, the players? union and the major European leagues on Wednesday to thrash out a proposed player transfer system it can take to the European Commission.

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.

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.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is confident of reaching agreement over a new transfer system acceptable to the European Union, despite reports of a rift with UEFA.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron said on Thursday it had accepted the first German challenge for the America's Cup in the competition's 150 year history.

sportbusiness.com has learned this morning that ENIC is hoping to announce the company?s expected buy-out of Sir Alan Sugar?s share-holding in Tottenham Hotspur Plc.deal today.

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) says it is prepared to take legal action to recover the debts owed by the eight national triathlon federations, which last week announced the unsanctioned formation of the breakaway Triathlon Council for Europe.

UEFA chief executive Gerhard Aigner says that the Champions League needs to be reformed to prevent fans losing interest in the tournament, according to a report in a British newspaper.

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has announced it is to hold an extraordinary congress immediately to discuss the threatened split from the organisation by eight member nations.