Finland

The Finnish Football Association has sold the UK rights for the World Cup qualifier between Finland and England to the Digital Broadcasting Company - paving the way for the first pay-per-view broadcast of an England international soccer match.

Poland's government has approved a bid by Zakopane to host the Winter Olympics in 2006.

The Nordic Golf Federation is to launch a campaign to have golf included in the 2008 Olympic Games.

Most of the planet's inhabitants who have access to a television set will be watching the Sydney Olympics, according to viewing projections released by the IOC.

FIFA, the soccer world’s governing body, has confirmed an afternoon kick-off time for England and Germany's final World Cup qualifying games on October 6.

Following the recent opening of their German office in Munich, SportBusiness Group has appointed Sponsorworld to be their official sales agent for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

A three-year agreement between the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the NHL over compensation payments for players leaving IIHF-federations to find their fortune in the big money US league, is on the verge of being ratified.