Americas

South Korea is to create no-fly zones during next year's World Cup above its stadia amid security concerns sparked by the US attacks earlier this week.

Nasdaq-listed racetrack owners Churchill Downs Inc (CDI) will resume normal business operations at its six racetracks and nine off-track betting locations.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials have said plans to stage a Formula One race on September 30 are unchanged despite Tuesday's airliner attacks in New York and Washington.

Golf’s American Express Championship scheduled for this week at Bellerive Country Club has been cancelled after Tuesday's terror attacks on the US.

CART CEO Joseph Heitzler has confirmed this weekend’s inaugural European race will take place – as reported yesterday on sportbusiness.com.

Tennis tournaments in the US and Brazil will continue this week despite Tuesday's terror attacks in New York and Washington.

The International Olympic Committee said the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City will go ahead as scheduled between February 8-24.

Golf's Ryder Cup looks almost certain to become the latest victim of the terrorist monstrosity in the US yesterday - as sport is put on hold across the globe.

Glasgow Rangers’ appeal against playing its Uefa Cup tie in Dagestan has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Arlington Park has been named as the “conditional” host of the 2002 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships after Breeders’ Cup Ltd approved a tentative schedule through 2005.

The man who revolutionised athlete endorsements in the sport industry, Michael Jordan, looks set to announce next his week his return to the NBA.

The terrible events in the US yesterday caused havoc with sporting events across the globe with all Major League Baseball games last night called off, this week's UEFA European soccer ties postponed, and a question mark hanging over this weekend’s NFL ties and golf’s Ryder Cup later this month.

Mexican footballers want to create a players' union to defend their rights.

The New York Yankees has created its own television company called YES with hopes of doubling its broadcast revenues.

The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games have begun delivering their final presentations ahead of this afternoon's decision in Moscow around 3.30pm BST.

The United States Olympic Committee(USOC) has appointed Jeffrey Benz, attorney with multinational law firm Coudert Brothers, as its general council and managing director of legal affairs.

Brazilian rights marketing company Traffic, who lobbied furiously to get the troubled Copa America in Colombia reinstated, are now demanding that Argentina are fined and excluded from the next tournament, to be held in Peru in 2003.