South Africa

Knowing more about the extent and nature of match-fixing within the game of cricket is more important than ‘naming and shaming’ individual players, according to Sir Paul Condon, director of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti Corruption Unit (ACU).

The highest grossing fights ever are expected to take place at the end of this year when British boxer Lennox Lewis finally challenges Mike Tyson in the boxing ring for an estimated sum of $160million.

New Zealand rugby union officials have threatened to block the addition of a fourth Australian team to an expanded Super 12 series next year.

World heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman is prohibited from fighting anyone else for the next 18 months unless he gives former title holder Lennox Lewis an immediate rematch, a U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday.

Prize money at the 2003 cricket World Cup in South Africa will total $5 million, five times the amount at the previous World Cup in 1999 in England.

Cricketers will help raise money during the 2003 World Cup to fight AIDS, tournament organisers said.

Former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje could face a criminal prosecution following Judge Edwin King's final report on his match-fixing investigation.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter faces the toughest fight of his career this week when delegates from around 200 national associations meet in Buenos Aires for FIFA's Extraordinary Congress.

Boxing promoter Don King has offered $12.5 million to the Lennox Lewis camp to stage a world heavyweight title rematch with Hasim Rahman.

The best rugby players from the northern and southern hemispheres will play each other in an annual grudge match starting next year, the International Rugby Board (IRB) announced on Thursday.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has approved the establishment of a youth World Cup.

British boxer Lennox Lewis has accepted a £9million ($12.7m) offer by promoter Don King for a re-match with heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman.

South Africa's premier league kicks off its new season on Wednesday against a backdrop of legal wrangles, feuding club bosses and growing public apathy.

South Africa's Premier League kicks off its new season on Wednesday against a backdrop of legal wrangles, feuding club bosses and growing public apathy.

South African sports brand marketing company SAIL has notified the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange of discussions with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to form a commercial partnership in line with SAIL’s strategy of expanding into international sports brands.

The South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) has approved the establishment of a business arm to manage all its commercial activities locally and internationally.