United Kingdom

The English Football Association has chosen the venue for England?s first ever World Cup qualifying tie to be staged outside of Wembley Stadium.

The manager of Scottish soccer giants Rangers has underlined the importance of joining the proposed Atlantic League.

A study has found that English football fans had difficulty identifying the 12 official sponsors of Euro 2000 from other football-related sponsors.

Leading Swedish clubs AIK Stockholm, IFK Gothenburg and Helsingborg might be interested in playing in a new European league if governing body UEFA backs the idea.

Mega TV deals will boost the income of England's soccer teams to well over $1bn ($1.5 billion) this season but the windfall must not simply be poured into players' pockets, a report has warned.

Income for England?s profitable top soccer leagues is close to smashing the #1bn ($1.5bn) mark, according to the findings of a major annual soccer finance review.

The Extreme Sports Channel and Extreme.com are to be `golden? sponsors for this years Urban Beach International which takes place at the London Arena from the 11-15 August.

Deloitte & Touche reveals the findings of its 2000 Annual Review of Football Finance in London tomorrow.

UK stadium architects Arup Associates have been appointed to cerate a design for Hull?s Community Super Stadium complex.

Glasgow Rangers chairman David Murray has revealed that the Ibrox club, along with rivals Celtic, have agreed in principle to join a new pan-European football league.

IEC in Sports has secured the television rights for Serie A champions Lazio`s two matches on its Scandinavian tour.

Scottish Premiership club Celtic has unveiled a pre-tax loss for the full year of 5.9 million pounds ($8.85 million) and pointed the finger at poor performance on the pitch.

Austria's soccer federation has been approached by Switzerland's head of state Adolf Ogi to discuss a possible joint-bid for Euro 2008, according to local media reports.

The contract to supply spiral strand cables to the Commonwealth Games Stadium in Manchester has been won by UK-based steel wire and structural strand manufacture, Bridon International.

The English Football Association says it is to fight hard to ensure away ties featuring the English national team do not find themselves being sold exclusively to pay-per-view operators.

Software For Sport plc ? a provider of integrated software solutions for the sport industry - has published its prospectus today for its admission to trading on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.