Ukraine

The International Olympic Committee has made it clear that countries failing to make payments to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) or adopt its drug-ban code could be barred from seeking to host the Olympic Games.

Soccer governing body UEFA has announced an increase in prize money for next year's Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal.

The European Pro Beach Soccer League (EPBSL) is set to expand in 2004 after organisers agreed to take on more clubs.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has signed a deal with Leeds United for all the Premier League soccer club's UEFA Cup home matches.

Platini, who had a glittering playing career leading France to victory in the 1984 European Championships and also later managed the side, is hoping to gain a seat on both bodies during elections at the UEFA Congress in Stockholm on April 25.

UK broadcaster Channel 5 claimed success with its coverage of Germany’s vital World Cup qualifier with the Ukraine this week.

Russian soccer was "a disaster" at home and abroad in 1999, the long serving president of the Russian Football Union has said.

Ruvim Aronov, president of the Ukrainian premier division side Tavria Simferopol, has been charged with extortion, a police spokesman in the city in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula said.

The Russian Football Union (RFS) has signed a long-term sponsorship deal with Coca Cola Co in a move that should give a much needed shot in the arm to the financially-strapped Russian game.

Vyacheslav Koloskov faces a serious challenge from an unlikely source when he stands for re-election as president of the Russian Football Union on December 8.

Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov has let slip one part of his long-awaited plan to tackle Russia's economic crisis, saying his government would help the national soccer team improve their image and performance.

Thirty percent of the shares of Prague's soccer team of Sparta is up for sale, owner Alexander Rezes has said.

The Ukrainian Professional Football League (UPFL) has decided to cut the number of teams in the premier division from 16 to 14 by the 2000/01 season.

Two Ukrainian premier division soccer matches scheduled for today have been postponed as the country mourns the victims of a mining accident.

European athletics chiefs have agreed to stage a new indoor European Cup in 2001, an athletics source said recently.

England?s win over Germany on Saturday is a major boost for the World Cup?s multi-million pound licensing programme, according to Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG), the agency responsible for generating revenue from next year?s soccer tournament.