Russia

Moscow may be on the Formula One Grand Prix map as soon as 2003, if the International Automobile Federation (FIA) gets its way.

Olympic boss Juan Antonio Samaranch said on Tuesday he did not support Kim Un-yong's plan to allow IOC members to visit cities bidding for the Games if the South Korean is elected IOC president in July.

Canadian lawyer Dick Pound will reveal today whether he will run for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July. Pound is expected to be the last candidate to declare before the April 10 deadline.

The future President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be elected on July 16 during the 112th IOC Session in Moscow.

Jacques Rogge, a Belgian surgeon who has won a reputation for fixing the pains and strains of organising Olympic Games, on Monday joined the race for world sport's most powerful job - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

South Korean Kim Un-yong has joined the race for world sport's most powerful job -- the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

Hot favourite to replace Juan Antonio Samaranch as president of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, is to officially declare his candidacy next week.

The toe-dipping around the Olympic pool is set to stop and the serious contenders are preparing to dive into the race for world sport's most powerful job - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has warned that soccer could be heading for trouble over the new transfer system and said that it lacked all-round support from the game.

France's world-beating soccer team will come out on Tuesday in support of Paris's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

A cabinet minister and kimono-clad young women turned out to greet Olympics inspectors when they arrived on Sunday in Japan's western metropolis Osaka to evaluate its bid to stage the 2008 Summer Games.

Russia could hold a Formula One race within two to three years if a new circuit near Moscow is completed on schedule, Bernie Ecclestone was quoted as saying on Friday.

China bid farewell to Olympic Games inspectors on Sunday, brushing off human rights concerns and vowing to make Beijing the clean, green and modern city it promised in its bid to host the 2008 Games.

The opening leg of the UIM Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, will be used as a benchmark for other venues of the 14-round UIM world championship

Russian premier division club CSKA Moscow has been bought by a consortium, including British company Blue Castle Enterprises Ltd.

China urged International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates arriving on Monday to assess Beijing's bid for the 2008 Games to focus on its credentials as a "sports superpower of 1.2 billion people", not its human rights record.