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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.

USA Network’s coverage of Wednesday’s US Open quarter final between Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi defeated the premiere of CBS's reality show “The Amazing Race” in ratings for New York DMA TV homes.

Hurt by the biggest corruption scandal in its history and the perennial problem of drugs in sport, it would be no surprise if the Olympic movement turned to a clean-cut doctor to run its affairs.

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.

Former Olympic rower Anita DeFrantz gets prickly when people suggest she is an outsider in the race to replace Juan Antonio Samaranch as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president.

The heads of FIFA, president Sepp Blatter and secretary general Michel Zen-Ruffinen, have exchanged views and information with representatives from G-14, including Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, at a meeting in Zurich.

sportbusiness.com will be reporting from Moscow tomorrow, giving you up-to-the-minute news on the chosen city to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

Shares in the Italian soccer giant Juventus will be offered to UK financial institutions when the club is listed next year.

Bahrain is to spend $79million on building a Formula One racetrack in a move to raise the profile of the sport in the Gulf state.

Lennart Johansson, president of European soccer’s ruling body UEFA said today he has “reason to believe that we will be satisfied” by an audit into the finances of world body FIFA, following the collapse of its marketing partner ISL/ISMM.

The collapse of ISL was responsible for the fusion of basketball's Suproliga and the Euroliga, according to FIBA general secretary Boris Stankovic.

The National Football League (NFL) union has rejected this week’s pay offer to increase the salaries of officials by 60 percent this year, which will mean that replacement referees will be in place for the start of the new season on Sunday.

Lennart Johansson has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to Swedish press reports.

A quick look at Jacques Rogge, new IOC president:

US broadcaster RCN Corporation has failed in its attempt to glean secondary sports content from Cablevision after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threw out the appeal.

Spain has won the right to host the 2004 Chess Olympics.