North America

Brisbane is in line to host a Davis cup tie on 24-26 September 1999.

Geoff Petrie, Sacramento's vice president of basketball operations, has been selected NBA Executive of the Year.

The WNBA have chosen Indiana, Miami, Portland, Ore., and Seattle as the four expansion franchises to begin play in the 2000 season. The inclusion of the four new teams will take the league up top 16 teams.

An ex-baseball player whose name and image has been used in a baseball video games is suing the computer game makers for payment.

In one of the most high-profile moves to impact on Swedish sports, NBA legend and business mogul Magic Johnson has entered into a licensing agreement with existing Swedish basketball club M7 Boras.

The NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons are pursing a relocation of the team's headquarters and training facilities from Suwanee, Georgia, to Stone Mountain Park in suburban Atlanta.

UK broadcaster Sky Sports has won the exclusive live rights to the next two Ryder Cups between Europe and the United States.

UK broadcaster Sky Sports has won the exclusive live rights to the next two Ryder Cups between Europe and the United States.

BMW may not return to defend their title next year after winning the Le Mans 24 Hours race for the first time on Sunday.

FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol have signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), making the Networks the Official Sports Television Networks of the AYSO.

Fox have sued Turner Broadcasting for setting up a competing cable network to Fox Sports Net South - a move which allegedly violates a non-compete agreement the two media companies signed three years ago.

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) has awarded Pepsi-Cola exclusive carbonated soft drink pouring rights and sponsorship at Meadowlands Sports Complex.

Australia's greatest ever Olympian, swimmer Dawn Fraser, has warned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of a possible athletes' protest at next year's Sydney Olympics if the organisation refused to reform itself properly.

Gart Sports Company, the parent company of Sportmart, has unveiled a new superstore concept with the opening of three Sportmart stores in Southern California.

American cable network Home Box Office have withdrawn their threat of non co-operation with Evander Holyfield's promoter Don King.

The opening match in the Women's World Cup between the United States and Denmark attracted the largest crowd ever to attend a women's sports event.