United Kingdom

The Stadio delle Alpi in Turin is to stage a friendly between the England and Italy national soccer sides in November.

Manchester United Plc has appointed Alison Ryan, currently head of public policy at NTL, to the newly created post of director of communications.

Building services engineering company Haden Young has been awarded the mechanical and electrical services installation contract for the new Commonwealth Stadium in Manchester.

Police are to mount a huge security operation for the final game to be played at London?s Wembley Stadium, amid fears souvenir hunting fans could rip it to pieces.

Sydney Olympic Games organisers (SOCOG) have asked the New South Wales police to launch an investigation into a security breach that saw several athletes' accreditation passes being duplicated.

Ticket touts have flown into Sydney from around the world but their hopes of making a fast buck from the Olympics have been dashed.

Udinese have informed the Italian Football League that two Brazilian team members caught in possession of fake Portuguese passports should no longer be considered European Union (EU) players.

The BBC has appointed its new director of sport.

The English Rugby Football Union is to introduce ? on an experimental basis ? a video referee for the first time during England?s autumn internationals this year.

International women's squash has received a $4.5m boost after London-based intellectual property rights acquisition company Fablon Investments Limited acquired the rights to the Women's World Open and Women's World Team Championships in a unique nine-year agreement with the World Squash Federation (WSF).

The ATP Tour will unveil the latest ad in its "New Balls Please" campaign in tomorrow's edition of USA Today.

Angry Red Star Belgrade officials arrived today for a UEFA Cup first round tie with Leicester City, warning they will fight a UEFA decision to move the second leg to a neutral venue.

The International Olympic Committee has selected Copyright Control Services (CCS) to provide exclusive internet anti-piracy operations and internet content protection solutions for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

The fuel crisis in the UK is having a knock-on effect for a number of key soccer matches.

iSport.com a global sports media company providing internet based sports administration and communication services, has acquired Britsport.com Ltd.

VTV, recently-acquired by UK-based The Television Corporation and now part of Sunset+Vine, has won a new four year contract to produce and distribute coverage of English badminton until 2005.