Netherlands

A year before the Euro 2000 soccer championships, organisers received a possible taste of things to come as hooligans linked to Rotterdam's Feyenoord fought with police and wrecked the centre of their own city.

United Arab Emirates cricket authorities demanded yesterday that all of their team's matches in the ICC Trophy be replayed because two of their top players were refused entry into Canada.
Business

Celtic supporters have dug into their pockets to help the Scottish premier league leaders net their second favourable result in three days.
Events

UK commercial sports station TalkSPORT can continue to broadcast commentary of major sporting events off the TV as it did during Euro 2000, even if the BBC has rights to the event.
Media

OPTA, the UK-based football statistics service, has appointed Mark Pearman, formerly Sky Sports executive producer as its new general manager.
Stadia

The roof of the Amsterdam Arena was closed for the first time during Euro2000 on Saturday for the opening quarter-final between Portugal and Turkey.

A final allotment of 48,000 Euro 2000 tickets will go on sale today, although they are available only to supporters in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Stadia

Belgian authorities acted out their Euro 2000 "disaster plan" earlier this week at Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium, the ground rebuilt and renamed after the 1985 Heysel tragedy.
Events

Extreme Group's Extreme Sports Channel has launched in France.
Business

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said the world governing body's member associations must be unanimous when sanctioning players guilty of doping.