Africa

A public inquiry into the Ellis Park disaster – South Africa's worst sporting tragedy – will resume tomorrow after over a month, a commission official said.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board, meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week, has approved the use of independent match venues for international cricket.

Soccer standards in East Africa will only improve if national federations are properly organised, the president of the region's football body CECAFA Farah Addo has said.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has been forced to reschedule some of the national side’s forthcoming matches, including the West Indies three-day tour, to accommodate parliamentary elections taking place on December 5.

Former South Africa cricket captain Hansie Cronje has had his appeal for a lifetime ban from playing the game dismissed.

The first round of the World Sevens Series has been moved from Dubai to Durban in South Africa, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has said.

Hansie Cronje will find out on Wednesday whether his appeal to have a life-long ban overturned has been successful.

German media group, KirchMedia has recorded a strong first half performance in its financial results for the six months to June 30, 2001.

German media group, KirchMedia has recorded a strong first half performance in its financial results for the six months to June 30, 2001

England’s planned cricket tour of India will be shelved if there is any threat to player safety, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed.

Pakistan's Wasim Akram and Rashid Latif have come out in support of a prominent test captain's suggestion that players, umpires and administrators undergo lie-detector tests every six months.

The President's Cup, which was due to be played next year, has been postponed to November 20-23, 2003 following the new scheduling of the Ryder Cup.

FIFA has confirmed that African countries, with the exception of South Africa, will be granted free access to the next year’s World Cup.

The PGA tour has confirmed the Presidents Cup, which had originally been scheduled to be contested in November next year, will now be played from November 18-23, 2003.

Richard Caborn, the UK’s Sports Minister, has flatly denied accusations by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that he offered it inducements to move the 2005 World Athletics Championships to his home city of Sheffield.

Australian rugby union players fearing for their safety won't be forced to go on the forthcoming tour of Europe, the head of the ARU said.