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Angry Bangladesh soccer fans in the coastal Cox's Bazar district ransacking the place when power failed during the opening match of the World Cup.

Bangladesh soccer fans, angry over power failures that have stopped them viewing World Cup soccer matches, have called for a half-day general strike

Outbreaks of hooliganism by English and German fans in France should not affect those nations' bids to stage the 2006 World Cup finals, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said.

A record-breaking 26 million people in Britain watched England crash out of the World Cup in a penalty shoot-out against Argentina, broadcasters said on Wednesday.

The three southern hemisphere rugby superpowers have announced they would not in future accept tours from understrength United Kingdom teams.

The World Cup failed to boost advertising revenue for Britain?s ITV network which saw June figures fall some #8 million ($12m).

South America's latest club soccer tournament, a made-for-television affair called the Mercosur Cup, was met with stunning indifference as it kicked off this week.

Just five players from outside the British Isles made it onto the Football League's list of '100 legends' when it was announced to mark the league's centenary season.

Five years after its bitter defeat to Sydney in the race for the 2000 Olympics, China looks ready to bid for 2008.

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.

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.

Argentina are to host the 2001 World Cup Sevens, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced.

FIFA concerns have 1999 Pan American Games organisers scrambling to save their soccer tournament in next summer's multi-sport extravaganza.

Argentine judge Victor Perrota, heading a hardline campaign to halt soccer violence in his country, has suspended lower division matches on Tuesday but stopped short of re-introducing the total ban he ordered in May.

The volleyball world championship's fashion police have struck, fining seven teams $3,000 each for ignoring its new dress code.

Soccer's international governing body has approved Winnipeg's plans for next July's Pan American Games soccer matches, after organisers agreed to improve the facilities.