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Matches in a triangular one-day cricket tournament involving India, New Zealand and hosts Sri Lanka to be held in the central city of Dambulla have been shifted to Colombo due to a money dispute, the Sri Lankan cricket chief said on Thursday.
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Legal battles that have left Sri Lanka's cricket board in financial limbo will not affect tours by India and New Zealand this summer, a top sports official has said.
Business

Sri Lankan cricket is in financial limbo after a court issued an order preventing the newly appointed interim administration from operating the cricket board's bank accounts.

New Zealand's Michael Campbell and Greg Turner have condemned the reported payment of a big fee to Tiger Woods to play in the New Zealand Open next year.

Australian Rugby Union (ARU) managing director John O'Neill said on Wednesday that a proposal from New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chief executive David Rutherford to play Test matches in February and March was ?a joke?.

Indian cricket chiefs have until today to provide assurances that they can host this year's ICC Cup.
Events

UK commercial television company ITV is still interested in securing television rights for the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup despite claims that the broadcaster has pulled out of the bidding according to the International Rugby Board.

Two investigators from the International Cricket Council (ICC) were flying to Sharjah today to continue enquiries into match-fixing.

New Zealand umpiring officials say they do not believe allegations that match-fixing occurred during a recent Pakistan cricket tour of New Zealand.
Business

The current ?feel good factor? in English cricket had created several lucrative commercial deals for the England and Wales Cricket Board, its chief executive, Tim Lamb said today.
Events

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has declared the 2010 World Cup finals will be staged in Africa, ending any lingering doubts about the location of the tournament.
Business

India's government has told the country's cricket board it should not send a team to the forthcoming Sharjah tournament in which Pakistan are also competing.

New Zealand has accepted an invitation to replace India in the Coca-Cola Cup cricket tournament at Sharjah from April 8-20.

April?s one-day cricket tournament between India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Sharjah will go ahead whether India take part or not, according to the chief organiser.

The race dates for the America's Cup in 2003 have been announced.
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Britain's foot-and-mouth crisis hit the Six Nations on Tuesday when the game between Wales and Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday was postponed in an effort to help prevent the spread of the disease.
Events

World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis' U.S. promoter has denied a report that Johannesburg had been selected to host the fighter's next defence in April.

Sky Sports have won the rights to screen live broadcasts of the England cricket team?s tours of India and New Zealand next winter.