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The African continent has been encouraged by the recent FIFA World Cup in South Africa to consider a bid for the IAAF World Championships in 2017, the president of the African Athletics Confederation revealed.

The European PGA Tour has added two African tournaments to its 2010 schedule, but dropped two Asian and one Australian event from this year.

The IAAF says a record number of countries have declared an interest to host the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

The General Secretary of the G14 group of leading football clubs says it will continue to press for changes in the relationship between clubs and soccer’s international governing bodies.

Soccerex will host a debate on the key legal battle between G14-backed Charleroi and FIFA over the injury to Moroccan International Abdelmajid Oulmers.

Europe's elite G14 soccer clubs have thrown their weight behind a relatively obscure Belgian first division team in a legal challenge with FIFA.

Europe's elite clubs are suing FIFA over the release of players for international duty.

Australia is to hold talks during this weekend’s FIFA Congress in Morocco ahead of a likely bid to stage the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Kenya will play their home 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Tunisia on September 2 behind closed doors.

Rugby League’s European Nations Cup will be staged for the third successive year this autumn.

Dubai Sports City, the world's first integrated purpose-built sports city, is to host the first International Cricket Council (ICC) global cricket academy.

The Lebanese Rugby League is set to host the Mediterranean Cup next month, from October 2 to 9 in Tripoli, north Lebanon.

The five African nations looking to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup will today make their final presentations to world soccer’s governing body before tomorrow’s big vote.

With a decision due next weekend, Tunisia has made the life of the FIFA Executive Committee a little easier, by withdrawing its bid to host the 2010 World Cup.

South Africa has reconfirmed its position as favourite to host the FIFA 2010 World Cup, with the governing body’s technical report declaring it an ‘excellent’ potential host.

Africa will discover which of its competing nations is leading the race to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup later today.