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The inaugural LPGA Sports Today Classic has been cancelled because of the military action in Afghanistan.

Formula One's governing body has rejected speculation that Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix was in doubt after the air strikes on Afghanistan.

Adidas, the world's leading soccer brand, has signed with the Argentinean Football Federation (AFA) to equip the Argentinean national team on the road to the World Cup finals in 2002.

Over 55 million television viewers in Japan tuned in to watch national hero Naoko Takahashi break the women's marathon world record.

Argentinan soccer team Boca Juniors has still received no official notice from FIFA that the Intercontinental Cup will take place in Japan.

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

Ninety percent of the population of Beijing tuned into the broadcast of the Olympic vote on the host city for the 2008 Games which saw the Chinese capital emerge victorious.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has stated that the fallout from the collapse of ISL, FIFA's marketing partner for more than 20 years, was not as bad as was perceived. Speaking at a news conference during a visit to Vietnam on Sunday, Blatter stated that there were no dangers to the staging of the 2002 World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea.

Sepp Blatter, president of world soccer's governing body FIFA, said he may reconsider the idea of holding the World Cup every two years.

Japanese telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has denied it had signed a deal with soccer’s world governing body FIFA to sponsor the 2002 World Cup finals, despite FIFA president Sepp Blatter claiming they had done so on Thursday.

Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has admitted to sportbusiness.com it is responsible for a ‘mishap’ over an announcement for World Cup sponsorship.

The South Korean and Japanese governments must increase the number of flights between the two countries for next year's World Cup finals to avoid chaos, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday.

Beijing seems to be cruising towards victory in the race to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, despite human rights demonstrations on the IOC’s doorstep and Chinese stadiums that currently exist only as computer graphics.

Sportingbet.com, the first UK-based tax-free internet betting service, has announced the appointment of Colin Walker to its executive board.

A Japanese company will offer insurance coverage to shop owners for possible damages caused by hooligans during next year's World Cup finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, company officials said on Tuesday.

China is in line for a billion-dollar pay day if Beijing wins the right to stage the 2008 Summer Olympics.