Events

The bidding process for the right to stage the 2004 European soccer championship moves up a gear this week when UEFA inspectors go to Spain - the first visit to one of the bidding nations.

The International Olympic Committee has hinted it may step in to offer assistance to the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Games if there is any financial shortfall as a result of sponsors being put off by bribery allegations.

New South Wales Police Minister Paul Whelan has called for cricket hooliganism to be included on the agenda at the next national conference of state police ministers.

One of NASCAR's latest sponsors has launched a multi-million dollar integrated sports marketing campaign.

The head of marketing at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed allegations of bribery swirling around the organisation had not deterred sponsors of the world's top sporting event.

A report on the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics bribery scandal has recommended disciplinary action including expulsion for up to 16 International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The 2000 Olympic Games will boost Australia's economy by A$6.5 billion (US$4.2 billion) over the 12 years to mid-2006, according to a new study.

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has announced plans to build a 45,000-seat, #65 million ($96 million) international soccer stadium in southwest Dublin.

Finnish former athlete Pirjo Haggman has became the first member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to quit over bribery scandals buffeting the organisation.

FIFA will lay down strict rules to countries bidding to host the 2006 World Cup finals to avoid the sort of scandal over bribery that has rocked the Olympic movement, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced.

A Canadian broadcaster has made a multi-million bid to buy a leading speciality television group, partially owned by cable sports firm ESPN.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter will meet soccer chiefs from all 15 former Soviet republics this weekend and may offer them hope of a fairer deal in the transfer market.

Britain's Culture Secretary Chris Smith has said that future bidding for Olympic games must be honest and above board if Britain is to take part.

The mayor of the Japanese city which hosted the 1998 Winter Games has said there may have been "excess" in the campaign which won it the right to stage the Olympics.

Juan Antonio Samaranch has not yet got himself and his movement out of the worst storm to hit the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for decades.

A growing scandal over cash payments made by Australian sports officials to snag the 2000 Olympics has stirred anger in Beijing, which lost the bidding war to Sydney by a razor-thin margin.