Australia

The provisional 17-race schedule for next season was released Thursday by the FIA, auto racing's world governing body, at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council.

Sandy Hollway, Chief Executive of the Sydney Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (SOCOG) has announced there has been no 'blow-out in the SOCOG budget' in a statement released today.

Victoria (Australia) State Treasurer Alan Stockdale dipped into emergency funds to help pay for the grand prix and Melbourne's 2006 Commonwealth Games bid, according to reports in the Melbourne Herald Sun.

Contract problems have stalled the $A200 million construction of one of the feature venues of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

The start of the Asian rugby union championship was thrown into disarray by the last-minute withdrawal of the Thai team on Saturday.

The IOC has expressed concern at the budget for the Sydney 2000 Games.

Olympic officials have said they were optimistic the Australian government would help to ensure the Sydney 2000 Games budget was not hit hard by a new goods and services tax (GST).

A senior Pakistani cricket official has said that accusations of gambling and match-fixing were part of a conspiracy aimed at ruining the reputations of some of the country's international players.

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.

Australian golfer Greg Norman has called on the International Olympic Committee to restore the royal and ancient game to the Olympic programme.

Greg Norman has agreed to help promote the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

The record number of imported horses contesting Tuesday's A$2.5 million (US$1.55 million) Australian Melbourne Cup has triggered a war of words between the Cup's organisers and some of the country's most successful trainers.

International rugby union officials are to give countries the power to cancel tours if they feel their opponents are sending sub-standard teams following controversial trips to the southern hemisphere by British teams this year.

The Olympic torch will travel through some of Australia's most famous landmarks before igniting the cauldron to officially open the Sydney 2000 Games.

International rugby union officials have agreed that the British Lions will continue to tour every four years.

Sydney Airport would be able to handle the Olympics in year 2000, Tony Stuart, the chief executive of Sydney Airports Corp, has said.