South-East Asia

Drivers have got lost and some buses have simply not turned up, but team officials have said the biggest teething problem of the 16th Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur - transport - is getting better.

World athletic supremo Primo Nebiolo has been criticised for saying the scheduling clash between the World Cup in South Africa and the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games was the fault of Games organisers.

World athletics chief Primo Nebiolo has assured British Sports Minister Tony Banks that London would have a good chance of staging the 2003 world championships if proposed renovations to Wembley Stadium are completed.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has denied accusations that he chose October 3 as the date for a general election in order to cash in on a welter of sports events expected to divert the sports-mad nation's attention.

In their final meeting in Zurich last week, the Planning Group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup said they would recommend that the competition should go ahead in June and July

After successfully hosting the Commonwealth Games over the last one and a half weeks, Malaysia is now planning to make a bid for the Asian games in 2006 and the Olympic Games in 2008.

The provisional 17-race schedule for next season was released Thursday by the FIA, auto racing's world governing body, at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council.

The start of the Asian rugby union championship was thrown into disarray by the last-minute withdrawal of the Thai team on Saturday.

India's cricket team will not take part in the next Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), has announced.

Malaysia's Deputy Sports Minister Datuk Loke Yuen Yow has said that Malaysia will bid to host subsequent Olympics even if it fails in its bid to hold the 2008 Games.

Profits earned by the organisers of the 16th Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur'98, Sukom Ninety Eight Berhad, are to be released in December.

Tunku Imran, the Emeritus President of the World Squash Federation (WSF), has been elected President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia - succeeding by 66 votes to 33 the predecessor who had held the position for 23 years.

Australian Aborigines plan to invite their indigenous brothers and sisters from around the world to an Olympics-style festival in the Sydney 2000 stadium.

The Organising Committee for the Olympic Football Tournaments, Sydney 2000, has reaffirmed their ruling on age limits, and announced that the Men's Olympic final will be played in Sydney's new Olympic Stadium.

Malysian Youth and Sports Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has welcomed theFootball Association of Malaysia (FAM) decision to stop foreign imports in the Malysian League and Cup tournaments from next season.

Malaysia has confirmed it will be bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games.