United Kingdom

Birse Construction has unveiled a new ?one-stop? concept in stadium design and construction at Soccerex 2000, the soccer industry trade show in Manchester.

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) has appointed the Sportsworld Media Group as its sponsorship and event management consultants.

England Basketball and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have reached an agreement that will allow England Basketball Enterprises to sell NBA and WNBA branded uniforms to basketball clubs and schools throughout the United Kingdom.

Former Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell warned today that even Nationwide First Division clubs could struggle to survive if the gap between rich and poor clubs continues to widen throughout the English game.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked the country's president to order a judicial investigation into allegations of Pakistani involvement in match-fixing during last year's World Cup.

FIFA will decide upon a definitive World Cp rotation process in November, according to Danny Jordaan the man behind South Africa?s unsuccessful bid to stage the 2006 tournament.

SFX Sports Group UK players? agent Jon Holmes has told Europe?s biggest soccer clubs that their objections against an EU ban on transfer fees are based on self-interest, rather than protection of smaller clubs.

Video-on-demand company Yes Television has launched its first dedicated sports channel.

Sports.com is offering visitors to its site uninterrupted coverage of the meeting of two of the sport?s most complex minds ? as Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik battle it out for the title of chess world champion.

The potential of sport in the streaming media and broadband content industry will be just one of the issues discussed at a conference in London next week.

UK?based venture capitalists 3i have invested #3millon in Sport First - the UK?s only national sports newspaper.

Tickets for England?s forthcoming tests against Australia and South Africa have sold out faster than for any previous autumn internationals at Twickenham Stadium.

Soccer club Borussia Dortmund has revived plans for a stock market flotation which would give Germany its first place in a European league of listed clubs led by Manchester United.

The final ever event to be staged at London?s Wembley Stadium before it is demolished takes place on November 2.

Silverstone's future as the venue for the British Grand Prix is hanging in the balance.

The European Union's highest court will rule on Thursday whether to strike down the bloc's legislation to bring in a ban on tobacco advertising.