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Organisers of Euro2000 are using a similar ticketing system to the last soccer World Cup in France, whereby ticket holders will have the name of the buyer printed on the ticket. In theory, the name must tally with the fan turning up at the ground. Police will also be checking to see if a ticket purchaser has a hooligan record.

Britain's Football News Organisation, a young firm that provides an online "form guide" for UK football punters, has said it plans to list on the London stock market after next season kicked off.

UK-based on-line sports content company Global Cyber Sports.com (GCSC) has reached an agreement with ITV?s Granada Television to place the banner of the GCSC Ferrari clothing e-commerce site on Granada?s Formula 1 site www.itv.f1.com.

English soccer?s Premier League clubs earned record revenues during 1998/99 but saw profits slump by more than a half.

Legislators are poised to approve next week a total loss to taxpayers of $945 million for hosting the 2006 Asian Games in Hong Kong along with an event for disabled athletes.

Fox Sports International has launched a new all-sports channel for Central and Eastern Europe.

Sportsworld Media Group plc, has been appointed exclusive marketing and media agent to the International Triathlon Union (ITU).

Neil Ressler is to take over as the new chief executive officer of Jaguar Racing. Currently chairman of the board of Jaguar Racing, Ressler will have full direct responsibility for all team activities.

The gulf between England's rich and poor soccer clubs is growing and smaller teams may need to merge to survive, a British report has said.

Sports Internet Group is reported to be on the verge of accepting an 850p-a-share bid from BSkyB which would value the company at around #220m.

Dorna Promocion del Deporte ? the firm behind the MotoGP ? has signed an agreement with Spanish scooter manufacturer Derbi to become the official scooter supplier of MotoGP in 2000.

TVNZ Satellite Services has reached agreement with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) to provide a concurrent 8-channel service delivering live coverage of events for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sportsworld Media Group plc, the sports, media and entertainment business, has been appointed as exclusive marketing and media agent to the International Triathlon Union (ITU), the governing body for the sports of Triathlon, Duathlon and related multi-sports worldwide.

SportsForWomen.com will today team up with the Women's Sports Foundation to host the "SportsForWomen.com Party Out Of Bounds" as part of the Annual Women's Sports Foundation Summit.

Octagon CSI has been appointed by British Motorsport Promoters to produce the British Superbikes series.

The Extreme Group and UPCtv is to make joint venture the Extreme Sports Channel available in Romania and Bulgaria adding a total of potential 120,000 subscribers to its reach.