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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.

Cricket web site, CricInfo.com, and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have signed an agreement making CricInfo the exclusive host of the official Pakistan web site for the next five years.

TNN kicks off its live XFL coverage on Sunday as the Birmingham Thunderbolts and the New York\New Jersey Hitmen at Giants Stadium.

CEO of Jaguar Racing and US motor sport legend Bobby Rahal are among a growing list of senior sports industry executives to speak at SportBusiness2001: The Main Event, to take place 18-20 April at the QEII Conference Centre in London, UK.

Europe's biggest media group Bertelsmann AG has opened the way for a possible stock market listing through a share swap deal to take control of Europe's largest television group RTL, the Luxembourg-based owners of Munich-based sports marketing group, UFA Sports.

Former French great Eric Cantona has launched a scathing attack on European soccer `s commercial "mafia".

Manchester United chairman Roland Smith is to remain at the club until March 2002, the English Premier League champions have said.

Manchester United is the most popular club outside of England, a new survey has revealed.

Dynamo Tbilisi, the former top Soviet side now mired in debt and facing possible extinction, has been put in the hands of Georgia's Interior Ministry.

Sky Sports have won the rights to screen live broadcasts of the England cricket team?s tours of India and New Zealand next winter.

The Premier League will sell their overseas rights in separate geographical blocs when the rights come up for negotiation in the next two weeks.

The UK government has repelled efforts by Leo Kirch to get round British legislation that protects every World Cup match from being broadcast on pay-TV.

Chris Wright, chairman of Queen's Park Rangers and their holding company Loftus Road Plc , is to resign after losing the support of fans of the struggling English first division football club.

Bernie Ecclestone has been quoted as saying he had no immediate plans to relinquish control of Formula One.

Australian Rugby Union (ARU) managing director John O'Neill wants France and England to join Australia, South Africa and New Zealand in the Tri-Nations series, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Supporters of England?s Premier League clubs now pay an average of #34 ($50.31) on their match-day experience, according to a new report by Nationwide, sponsors of the Football League and England national team.