Latin America

An under-21 world rugby union championship will take place in South Africa in June of next year, the International Rugby Board has decided.

Costa Rica-based online sports betting company BetOnSports, which primarily serves the US market, is to float on the UK’s Alternative Investment Market.

Princeton Video Image (PVI) the US-based virtual advertising and imaging company, has restructured its senior management following a major investment from a Mexican media company.

Congressmen probing suspected corruption and maladministration in Brazilian soccer said on Thursday they had found irregularities in the accounts of the country's football confederation.

Players from Peru's three-time league champion Universitario de Deportes said they would stop training until the club paid nearly three months in wages and provided footballs and water for showers.

Hockey’s inaugural Men’s Champions Challenge has been relocated to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 8-16.

Congressmen investigating suspected corruption and mismanagement in Brazilian soccer have called on the game's chief Ricardo Teixeira to resign after he failed appear to answer questions because of ill-health.

Miami's Orange Bowl and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, are likely to host next year's Gold Cup for national teams from January 18.

The future of elite triathlon racing in Australia has been secured with the sponsorship of this summer’s Triathlon series by Accenture, the international consultancy and technology firm’s first foray into Australian sporting sponsorship.

The event takes place in Rio de Janeiro at the Aterro de Flamengo on March 21-24, 2002, with Globo agreeing to be ESPN's terrestrialtelevision partner for the event.

An international hockey event set for New Delhi in December has been moved out of India because of security concerns.

Higher sanction fees received from its two European races has enabled Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) to post a seven percent increase in 3Q revenues compared to the same period last year.

Despite the current economic climate, Mexico’s largest broadcasters are hoping for an advertising splash should the national team clinch a World Cup berth by beating Honduras on November 11.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE) has signed a series of agreements that will deliver more than 2,200 hours of its programming across three continents.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc (WWFE) today announced a series of agreements that will deliver more than 2,200 hours of its programming across three continents.

The first round of the World Sevens Series has been moved from Dubai to Durban in South Africa, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has said.