ZIA WELCOMES BID TO REVIVE INDIAN TOUR OF PAKISTAN
Pakistan's cricket board chief Lt. General Tauqir Zia on Thursday welcomed a bid to revive the Indian tour of Pakistan, called off last week due to political tensions over Kashmir.
RFU RATIFIES NEW RUGBY DEAL
The English Rugby Football Union has confirmed that it has reached an agreement in principle over a four year agreement with the England squad, which has been ratified by the RFU Management Board.
ENERGISER LIGHTS UP EURO ATHLETICS
The European Indoor Athletics Series, including the high profile Norwich Union Grand Prix event at Birmingham NEC, is to be sponsored by battery manufacturer Energiser.
BBC HITS THE BULLSEYE IN NEW DARTS DEAL
BBC Worldwide?s Sport Sales division has agreed a three year deal with the Dutch broadcaster SBS Broadcasting BV for the rights to the Embassy World Darts Championships.
PARIS-DAKAR RALLY RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS
The Paris-Dakar rally returns to its geographical roots in 2001 when the race starts from the French capital on New Year's Day before a 10,000-km trek across Europe and north Africa takes competitors to the Senegal capital.
ROYAL CLICKS IN UMBRO DISTRIBUTION DEAL
Sporting group Royal Clicks Ltd said on Thursday its new joint venture with Sports Equipment (Far East) Pte Ltd had secured exclusive distribution and licensing rights for soccer brand Umbro for nine countries.
ATHENS VENUE CONSTRUCTION TOPS IOC INSPECTION AGENDA
The head of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team said he was optimistic about the troubled 2004 Athens Games and he would concentrate on ensuring venue construction was on schedule during his visit.
CO-DEFENDANT SAYS NFL’S CARRUTH ARRANGED MURDER
Former NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth planned a drive-by shooting of his pregnant former girlfriend in November 1999 so she would lose her baby, a co-defendant in the case testified on Wednesday.
EU WITHDRAWS FINE THREAT OVER SPANISH TV SOCCER
The European Commission has withdrawn a threat to fine Spain's Telefonica and Sogecable over rights to broadcast Spanish soccer matches on pay-television.
SERVAN-SCHREIBER RESIGNS FROM IOC
International Olympic Committee communications director Franklin Servan-Schreiber, the voice of the IOC during the Olympic movement's recent crisis and reforms, resigned on Wednesday.