Ireland

Rockingham Motor Speedway, Britain's newest motorsports facility, has added two new senior executives to its management team.

A new website has been launched to boost Ireland’s attraction as a host to a major international sport event.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is taking advantage of the scrapping of betting duty in the UK by launching its telephone betting service there from Friday.

Non-League Media, the Alternative Investment Market-listed non-league football publishing company, has removed chairman Graham Gutteridge from its board.

Rugby union's governing body has approved a recommendation that £4million ($5.8m/B

Donegal has become the first Ulster county to back the scrapping of the Gaelic Athletic Association's controversial Rule 21.

Australian rugby union chief John O'Neill is to push for a Super 15 series in 2003 with the addition of a combined Pacific team from Tonga, Samoa and Fiji.

Gaming Insight, the media rights and interactive gambling group has announced a five-year tie-up between Racing Network, its horse racing betting advice service, and Victor Chandler International, the Gibraltar-based bookmaker.

The Football Association of Ireland says it will not take out special insurance for the Republic of Ireland’s crunch World Cup qualifier play-off in Iran.

UK gaming firm tradingSports has announced that Liverpool's Champions League tie against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday October 30 will be the second event to feature its interactive sports game.

French rugby union club AS Montferrand has been handed a suspended fine of £10,000 ($14,233/B

New Zealand is poised to lose either a 2003 World Cup rugby union semi-final or a whole pool and a quarter-final to ensure it makes a profit from the tournament.

The Ryder Cup could be staged in Britain and Ireland between 2018 and 2034, according to Sandy Jones, the chief executive of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), who was speaking to the Ryder Cup committee yesterday.

Golfers intending to play the famous Old Course at St Andrews for the first time can now prepare for their debut round via 3D computer graphics on the internet.

Sports internet and radio company TEAMtalk Media has bought struggling long-wave music station Atlantic 252.

Potential All Black players have been given until next week to advise whether they are available to tour Ireland, Scotland and Argentina because of security fears stemming from the US-led military strikes on Afghanistan.