Americas

Alexandru Siperco, veteran Romanian member of the IOC who persuaded Communist authorities to compete in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, died on Monday. He was 78.

In a move to keep cable TV on the bench during this spring's NCAA men's college basketball tournament, broadcast network CBS and satellite TV company DirecTV has unveiled plans for joint coverage of the event.

Negotiators for NBA owners and the locked out players have spent four hours at the bargaining table discussing less contentious non-economic issues.

NBA Commissioner David Stern cut two more weeks off the NBA schedule, and then met with the players to see if the sides could compromise on the "guts" of a new deal. The earliest the season could begin is now December 1st.

New Orleans was awarded its ninth Super Bowl on Wednesday, beating out San Diegofor the rights to the 2002 NFL title game.

A Texas judge has declared Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu an adult, ending a bitter legal dispute in which she accused her parents of squandering the fortune she made in sports.

A basic framework for an NBA labour agreement appeared to be in place following eight hours of talks Wednesday between NBA owners and players but both sides acknowledged they were not yet close to making a deal.

Athletics chiefs have revamped their fixture list for next season in a bid to make Wednesday nights a focal point for top-class track and field.

John Wasson, the construction consultant hired to get the San Fancisco 49ers Candlestick Point project moving, has announced that the stadium is on schedule, despite speculation surrounding the teams ownership.

Representatives of locked-out NBA players and owners spoke briefly by telephone on Friday, and lawyers for both sides will meet Monday ahead of the next full negotiations tentatively set for Wednesday, league spokeswoman Teri Washington said.

Sales of Air Jordon sports shoes in the United States have declined in 1998.

Newly-merged marketer Advantage International is aiming at the top slot in sports and event management and wants to double its share of the lucrative global business in three years, its new international chief says.

A senior FIFA official has said that the decision to allow a co-hosting of the 2002 World Cup by Japan and South Korea should not be challenged.

Australia's leading anti-doping expert wants the International Olympic Committee to start testing competitors as soon as they set up house in the Olympic village ahead of the Sydney 2000 Games.

A Tuesday news conference to announce Mike Tyson's comeback fight has been postponed because all the details have not been worked out.

On Day 136 of the NBA lockout, some owners talked Sunday about commissioner David Stern and his approach to negotiating a new deal with the players.