Americas

Chung Mong Joon, South Korean vice-president of soccer’s world governing body FIFA has urged its president Sepp Blatter to reveal all he knows about the financial collapse of its marketing agent ISL-ISMM.

The feeding ground for US ice hockey’s National Hockey League (NHL) has been revamped after it was announced that the American Hockey League (AHL) is expanding its structure to include eight new teams in time for next season.

The Colombian president Andres Pastrana is today meeting with the South American soccer confederation Conmebol to try to ensure his country remains host of Latin America’s premier international soccer competition the Copa America.

Colombia will host next month's Copa America as planned despite a recent spate of bombings there, according to South American Football Confederation (CSF) officials.

Boca Resorts Inc said on Tuesday it had reached a $101 million agreement to sell its entertainment and sports division, which owns the Florida Panthers National Hockey League (NHL) team, to an investment group that includes former Miami Dolphins quarterback Bernie Kosar.

US broadcaster NBC will lose an estimated $36 million in advertising revenue if the Los Angeles Lakers continue their winning streak and whitewash the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA finals.

The San Francisco Bay Area has officially launched its bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, declaring the region's high-tech expertise, diverse population and dependable weather makes it a perfect venue for the world's premier sporting event.

Money manger Derek Sanderson has switched from New York-based State Street Research & Management to rival firm State Street Global Advisors to kick start the firm’s new Professional’s Group, catering for pro athletes, entrepreneurs and agents.

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Turkey's Olympic chief looks disdainfully upon the report that may crush Istanbul's bid to host the 2008 Olympics.

A squad of top NBA players will visit China and Taiwan in September for two exhibition games, the National Basketball Association has announced.

The biggest names from last year's Sydney Olympics are back in Australia for the Goodwill Games with the event's organisers hoping Maurice Greene, Marion Jones and Ian Thorpe can save the event from oblivion.

Alfredo Goyeneche, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, says the Olympic Games will not return to Europe until 2016.

Should basketball legend Michael Jordan decide to make a comeback with the Washington Wizards, his return would come on October 30 in New York against home side, the Knicks.

US cable platform Time Warner has pulled some of its regional baseball coverage in the escalating row over subscription charges with the Fox Sports Network. Pay Per View Sport in Europe: A new report from SportBusiness Group:

War veterans complained on Friday that the new "Diggers" nickname given to Australia's world championship team in Edmonton, Canada, was inappropriate.