Canada

The National Hockey League is unlikely to support efforts by the International Olympic Committee to develop a uniform drugs policy for North American professional sports, the head of the NHL players' association has said.

Local media reports say Toronto's SkyDome Corp. faces a "significant cash shortage."

The future of the Montreal Expos major league baseball club is uncertain as its owners scramble to finance a proposed new stadium they say would ensure the team remains in the Canadian city.

Plan to restrict England tours to the three main southern hemisphere rugby nations are unlikely to be accepted by the sport's governing body, Australia Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill said on Wednesday.

India's cricket team will not take part in the next Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), has announced.

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.

International rugby union officials have decided to expand the Pacific Rim championship from four to seven teams.

Jahangir Khan, the record 10-times British Open Squash Champion from Pakistan,has been elected a Vice President of the World Squash Federation (WSF).

Scottish champions Celtic have said a consortium including former player Kenny Dalglish and pop singer Jim Kerr were considering a possible offer for the club.

Olympic leaders said on Friday they would be holding immediate talks on whether Salt Lake City broke Olympic rules in its campaign to win the race to stage the 2002 Winter Games.

Canadian horse breeder Frank Stronach will pay $126 million to buy the historic Santa Anita racetrack and 305 acres of surrounding land, according to regulatory filings.

Australian Aborigines plan to invite their indigenous brothers and sisters from around the world to an Olympics-style festival in the Sydney 2000 stadium.

Canada has defeated the United States in the battle to become the first north American city to stage the world track and field championships.

British athletics chief David Hemery has formally presented London's bid for the world 2003 championships to International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo.

China's capital city of Beijing has announced it will bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the official Xinhua news agency has said.

U2 vocalist Bono has joined a consortium hoping to take over Scottish soccer champions Celtic, newspapers has reported.