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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.
BANGLADESH PLANS DEBUT OVERSEAS SERIES
Bangladesh will play their first overseas test against Zimbabwe in April, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said.
ECB PROBES ALLEGATIONS OF FIXED DOMESTIC MATCHES.
Allegations that two matches between Essex and Lancashire nine years ago were fixed are being investigated by the England Cricket Board.
BBC PULLS SPORTS SHOW AFTER RIVALS TRUMP IT
The BBC has pulled its flagship Saturday sports show Grandstand from its schedules this weekend as a result of intense competition from its rival free-to-air channels.
ECB AND PLAYERS TO SETTLE CONTRACTS
England?s top 12 cricketers will decide today whether to accept the six-month contract terms they and the ECB have negotiated over the last month.
CRICINFO DELIVER Z$5m SPONSOR DEAL
Online service CricInfo has announced a major Z$5 million sponsorship initiative to aid the development of cricket in Zimbabwe.
NATWEST EXTENDS CRICKET SPONSORSHIP
The NatWest Group will sponsor this summer's triangular one-day cricket competition between England, the West Indies and Zimbabwe.
DIACK MAKES BID FOR LEADERSHIP OF IAAF
Senegal lawyer Lamine Diack is present his case today to retain control of the world governing athletics body after the death of International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo this month.
IAAF ELECTS DIACK AS CHIEF ? THEN CHANGES ITS NAME
The IAAF has elected Lamine Diack as its chief for another two years ? the only candidate standing at the athletics governing body?s congress for president.
BUBKA SET TO CLEAR NEW HEIGHT IN SPORT’S BOARDROOM
World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.
SAMARANCH OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE
Juan Antonio Samaranch has left the intensive care unit of the Swiss hospital he has been in for a week after suffering from chronic fatigue.
SECURITY TO TOP IOC’S ATHENS 2004 INSPECTION AGENDA
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team for the Athens 2004 Games will take a hard look at security when they visit Greece later this week.
IOC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SENEGAL
The executive board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold its first meeting of the year 2001 in Dakar, Senegal.
IOC ETHICS COMMISSION SEEKS BAN ON ATHLETES’ BETTING
The International Olympic Committee's ethics commission has said it wants to ban athletes from betting on their own or their rivals' performances.
IAAF PRESIDENT WANTS SPORT’S WORLD CUP IN U.S
IAAF president Lamine Diack said Tuesday there are "serious possibilities" that track and field's 2002 world cup could be held in the United States.
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO PROBE GOSPER CASE
An IOC ethics commission has decided to ask an independent investigator to probe allegations that IOC vice-president Kevan Gosper breached Olympic guidelines.
SYDNEY SEEKS TO LIMIT GAMES FALLOUT
Australian officials have vowed to polish the tarnished image of the Olympics, seeking to convince sponsors and potential spectators that Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Games was clean.
OLYMPIC NEWS – `AROUND THE RINGS?Ed Hula, Editor
1.DIRTY TRICKS SURFACE IN IOC SCANDAL
2.KENYA'S MUKORA QUITS IOC
3.SAMARANCH DEFIANT, TOO
4.2006 WINTER OLYMPIC BIDDERS FACE CONFUSION, NEW RULES
5.2012 BIDS
6.HOT FILE