MAJID CALLS FOR TOUGH ACTION AGAINST CHEATS
Majid Khan, chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has called for any player found guilty of match-fixing or bribery to be banned for life and his assets seized.
RIVERSHARKS IN THE SOUP WITH NAMING RIGHTS DEAL
Campbell Soup Company has secured the naming rights for the new home of minor league baseball team the Camden Riversharks.
GREECE DENIES DELAY IN OLYMPIC PROJECTS
Greece Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos has denied that Athens was lagging behind in preparations to stage the 2004 Olympics.
JAPAN SHOWS SIGNS OF GOODWILL TOWARDS SOUTH KOREA
Ethnic Korean teams will be allowed to take part in national Japanese soccer tournaments as a sign of goodwill ahead of the 2002 World Cup. For the full story and latest developments, see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.
BUGNER CONDEMNS GIRLS’ BOXING
Veteran boxer Joe Bugner has weighed into a bitter debate in Australia over whether girls should be permitted to fight in the ring.
ENGLISH FA "URGENTLY CONSIDERS" GROBBELAAR RULING
The English Football Association (FA) said on Thursday it was urgently examining the court judgment which overturned a libel damages award to former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar.
PROGRESS SEEN IN TALKS TO END NBA LOCKOUT
Both sides in the NBA lockout said there was progress in a long day of talks on Friday.
OLYMPIC 2008 CANDIDATES GET PAPERWORK IN ON TIME
The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Summer Olympics have all submitted their official candidature files ahead of the deadline, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.
ITALIAN LAWYER TAKES CONTROL OF SHEFFIELD UNITED
A London-based Italian lawyer has taken a 13 percent stake in English first division football club Sheffield United in a 3.25 million pound ($5.36 million) deal.
KUNG-FU KEY TO BEIJING BID?
Beijing's high-kicking, kung-fu fighting Special Police Brigade is ready to persuade soon-to-visit Olympic officials that they can handle bombs, hostage-takings and terrorists.