Belgium
Business

The Dutch parliament has rejected a private member's bill to prohibit black market sales of soccer tickets, a decision that threatens to undermine security at this summer's Euro 2000 soccer championship.

The Dutch Parliament will debate whether to create a bill to make black market tickets sales illegal during Euro 2000.

Representatives from large clubs in the Netherlands, Scotland, Belgium and Portugal met in Amsterdam this week to discuss the problems of being big fish in small soccer ponds.
Sponsorship & Marketing

T&T Sports Marketing has sold the exclusive global rights outside of South America for the South American qualifying matches for the World Cup 2002 to Dream Sports International.
Media

Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, is now available on digital cable in Germany.
Stadia

Belgium's interior minister has said he was satisfied with security measures at the Charleroi stadium, to be used during the Euro 2000 soccer finals, despite police fears that it was unsafe.
Business

Lokeren and Eendracht Aalst are planning a merger to help them survive the increasing demands of Belgian first division soccer, a spokesman for Aalst has said.
Events

The 2000 NBA All-Star Game, taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area, February 11- 13, will be shown in 205 countries, with a potential audience of 750million households.
Business

The International Automobile Federation has accused the European Union Commission of mismanaging its antitrust investigation and threatened to sue.
Business

The following profiles show the strengths and weaknesses of the five candidates seeking to take over from Juan Antonio Samaranch when he retires after 21 years in charge of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July.
Business

The IOC cannot be expected to help China with any internal issues or foreign disputes during the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said.
Business

Could new TV deals make euro soccer a circus? James Swanwick went to Brussels to find out The European Union’s competition authorities may go ahead with a major shake-up in the way big sporting events can be marketed to television despite warnings by members of the European Parliament, MEPs and sports officials that a legal challenge over the sale of TV rights could have implications as wide as the Bosman ruling, which the soccer players’ transfer market into disarray.
Business

Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed sports player management and marketing agency Proactive Sports Group has reported a total of 36 player transfer deals in its football division since being admitted to AIM in May this year.