United Kingdom

Only clubs which can prove they are financially stable and soundly managed will be allowed to compete in fixtures organised by UEFA from the 2003-04 season, European soccer's governing body has announced.

Octagon Marketing has expanded its team to enhance their music and entertainment offerings.

English Premier League Soccer revenues grew by 15 percent last year to #772m ($1.1bn) and are forecast to reach #1bn ($1.43bn) by 2001, according to a report by accountants Deloitte & Touche.

English Premier League and Nationwide soccer clubs are seeking legal advice on the European Commission?s reformed transfer system amid fears it is now unworkable.

The official web site of the 2001 Masters Tournament, created by Augusta National and IBM, registered 49.8 million page views by nearly 1.1 million unique users during the event period, April 2-8.

The soccer merchandising market has suffered a blow following the failure of Arsenal Football Club to obtain a ruling in the High Court to protect its trademarks from unofficial competition.

England cricket chiefs have announced grand new plans with the Government's blessing to turn both the Test and international one-day sides into the best in the world.

KSS Sports and Leisure Design Ltd, the London-based Sports Entertainment design group, have been selected by the Haifa Economic Corporation Ltd, to masterplan and design the new Haifa Sports Complex in Israel.

An LED Megascreen manufactured by Unitek Displays was used at the recent Norwich Union Indoor trials/AAA Championships and Grand Prix athletics meetings at Birmingham?s National Indoor Arena (NIC).

Rugby League's War of the Roses is to be revived this summer, with English sides Yorkshire and Lancashire meeting at Headingley.

Every single soccer pitch in England, is to be assessed as part of the Football Foundation's grass roots revolution.

The current ?feel good factor? in English cricket had created several lucrative commercial deals for the England and Wales Cricket Board, its chief executive, Tim Lamb said today.

Five years ago it seemed a marriage made in heaven - a sports-mad millionaire, a famous London soccer club and one of England's top rugby union sides. But the dream shattered this week when the club went into administration ? for the full report see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

The organisers of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester have defended their handling of the event after coming under fire for failing to promote it enough.

Cheltenham & Gloucester, the financial services company, has announced a three year sponsorship agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that will see the company become title sponsors of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, the premier One-Day knockout tournament in England and Wales.

Cable operator NTL has confirmed it was part of a consortium of British pay TV groups bidding for the English soccer pay-per-view rights for which the company abandoned an exclusive bid last year.