Oceania

Eight countries - including France, Spain and Britain - are forming a breakaway European governing body for triathlon, the sport which made its Olympic debut at the Sydney Games.

The Netherlands were named the team of the year by FIFA, soccer's ruling body, on Thursday.

Paris will stage the best Olympics ever if it wins the right to hold them in 2008, the bid organisers said in an official statement.

Police are investigating an alleged forgery of financial documents by an unnamed official of the Romanian Boxing Federation (FRB), a Sports Ministry official said on Thursday.

Southern hemisphere rugby officials want the leading European and British nations to switch their playing seasons from winter to summer to reduce player burnout.

England?s Rugby Football Union has announced the appointment of Chris Spice as its performance director.

Communications company NTL is to become the official sponsor of the British Lions rugby union tour to Australia in 2001.

Les McDonald, president of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), the world governing body of the Olympic sport, has been forced into a court case in Vancouver, British Columbia, over allegations that recent elections to his organisation were fixed, with some national federations being denied their right to vote.

UK commercial sports station TalkSPORT can continue to broadcast commentary of major sporting events off the TV as it did during Euro 2000, even if the BBC has rights to the event.

America's Cup holders, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, accepted the Swiss challenge for yachting's biggest prize on Monday after a month of legal wrangling.

Established figures from the Olympic Television broadcasting establishment asserted their dominance at the IOC Sport and New Media Conference in Lausanne today, but not without some furious objections from television rightsholders who have been frustrated in their own internet ambitions, and others who have succeeded in webcasting other sports.

How can rightsholders control the power of new media to distribute valuable content free on the Internet? This was the question that dominated the second session of the IOC new media conference in Lausanne.

Dick Pound, Chairman of IOC Internet Committee confirmed today that the Internet and TV rights for the Olympics will remain linked through to the 2008 games but also expressed the expectation that the territorial rights issues that currently prevent live video and audio broadcast over the internet could be solved.

The future of the British Grand Prix has been secured after an agreement between the Brands Hatch and Silverstone circuits to hold the event at Silverstone for the next 15 years.

The future of the British Grand Prix has been secured after an agreement between the Brands Hatch and Silverstone circuits to hold the event at Silverstone for the next 15 years.

Media reports in the UK suggest the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium has hit a major funding crisis which threatens the entire project.