Americas

Iran's soccer federation is weighing an invitation to play friendly matches in the United States, a federation official has said.

The manager of English football club Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, is interested in expanding sporting investment to Australian soccer clubs, according to a Reuters report.

The NFL's New England Patriots have reached an agreement to move to Hartford, Connecticut from their current Foxboro, Massachusetts home within three years.

New York Yankees majority owner George Steinbrenner has agreed in principle to sell his stake in the team to media giant Cablevision Systems Corporation in a record-setting deal, New York media has reported.

Yankees majority owner George Steinbrenner has said that should he sell his stake in the team to media giant Cablevision Systems Corporation, he and his family would remain in control of the club.

Basketball star Dennis Rodman is seeking to annul his nine-day-old marriage to former Playboy model Carmen Electra, saying he was of "unsound mind" when the wedding took place, according to court papers obtained by the Orange Country Register.

Cablevision Systems' negotiations to buy a majority stake in the New York Yankees from principal owner George Steinbrenner haven broken down.

The NBA have informed NBC that the network's Christmas Day doubleheader, featuring the Chicago Bulls and possibly Jordan, is the latest casualty of the nearly five-month-long NBA lockout.

The distribution of the 32 places in the 2002 FIFA World Cup will be a major topic of discussion when the FIFA Executive Committee meets in Zurich on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 December 1998.

Organisers of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the world's most famous endurance motor race, have signed a contract with Japanese partners in a bid to promote their image and label globally.

An unidentified group of investors has apparently made the highest initial bid - of around $600 million - for the Washington Redskins, the Washington Post has reported.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, once the exclusive domain of the Indianapolis 500, is expected to add a Formula One race in 2000.

Collective bargaining talks, on hold for nearly two weeks, will resume Thursday in New York with "everything back on the table," deputy commissioner Russ Granik said.

Tony Scotti, who last year sold his controlling interest in the All American TV syndication firm, plans to use his profits to buy the Washington Redskins.

Organisers are considering radical reforms to the Davis Cup on the eve of its centenary in a bid to enhance its appeal and make the top players take it seriously, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has said.

Sixteen locked out NBA stars will stage an exhibition game this month in Atlantic City to raise money for charity and for other NBA players with less deep pockets who may be feeling the pinch of missed paychecks.