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Japanese coach Philippe Troussier said that soccer's world governing body FIFA should introduce weight categories to cut out cheating in age-group football.

Volleyball officials have voted to change the sport's format and scoring system in a bid to produce more exciting matches and increase TV coverage.

Benetton Formula and Japan Tobacco have signed an extension of the Mild Seven Benetton team's title sponsorship agreement.

Benetton Formula and Japan Tobacco have signed an extension of the Mild Seven Benetton team's title sponsorship agreement.

Consolidation in Japan's weakened domestic economy has reached the playing field with the planned merger of two soccer teams.

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.

South Korea is proceeding well with its preparations for co-hosting the 2002 World Cup finals, the head of a visiting FIFA delegation said on Tuesday.

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

A delegation from soccer's governing body FIFA have given a thumbs up to South Korea's preparations for the 2002 World Cup, including the daunting task of building 10 new stadiums.

A senior FIFA official has said that the decision to allow a co-hosting of the 2002 World Cup by Japan and South Korea should not be challenged.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter repeated his belief that Africa should stage the soccer World Cup finals in 2006, in an interview published on Monday.

A court has ordered the organisers of the Nagano Winter Olympics to pay damages for mental anguish to a spectator who missed an event because of heavy traffic.

KGB chief Vladimir Matskevich has been installed as head of the Belarus Biathlon Federation in an effort to improve the country's standing in the sport.

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

The Organising Committee for the Olympic Football Tournaments, Sydney 2000, has reaffirmed their ruling on age limits, and announced that the Men's Olympic final will be played in Sydney's new Olympic Stadium.

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

The distribution of the 32 places in the 2002 FIFA World Cup will be a major topic of discussion when the FIFA Executive Committee meets in Zurich on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 December 1998.