South-East Asia
IOC CHIEF LAVISHES PRAISE ON BANGKOK ORGANISERS
Olympic boss Juan Antonio Samaranch has lavished praise on Thailand's much-maligned organisers of the 13th Asian Games, describing Sunday's opening ceremony as one of the best he had ever seen.
SAMARANCH SAYS CHINA NOW LEADS ANTI-DOPING BATTLE
Olympic chief Juan Antonio Samaranch has gaven a clean bill of health to Chinese sport and said Beijing was now an example to the world of how to fight against drug cheats.
PARIS BIDS FOR 2008 SUMMER GAMES
The French capital announced it was bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
CHINESE BID GETS GREEN LIGHT
The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) today approved an application by Beijing to bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
CHINESE FUME OVER CORRUPTION PROBE
A growing scandal over cash payments made by Australian sports officials to snag the 2000 Olympics has stirred anger in Beijing, which lost the bidding war to Sydney by a razor-thin margin.
FIA CONFIRM ARGENTINA OFF CALENDAR
The Argentine Grand Prix has been scrapped from the 1999 Formula One calendar, the InternationalAutomobile Federation (FIA) has announced.
SULTAN TO STAND DOWN AS FAM PRESIDENT?
Sultan Ahmad Shah is expected to step down as president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) this month.
OSAKA VOW ‘CLEAN’ FIGHT IN BID FOR 2008 GAMES
Osaka, Japan's second largest city, has formally launched its bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics saying its campaign would mark the rebirth of "clean" Games.
OLYMPIC BID FOR 2020 GAMES
Melbourne has tabled a bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games in anticipation of the International Olympic Committee moving to a system of rotating regions when awarding future Games.
MALAYSIA LAUNCH F1 PROMOTION
The Malysian national oil company Petronas have launched a four-month long campaign to promote their sponsorship of the Formula 1 Grand Prix race to be held in Sepang International Circuit this October.
EU COULD RULE ON F1 DEALS OUTSIDE EUROPE
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone's threat to pull F1 racing out of Europe if the EU competition authorities presses its investigation into the sport and imposes substantial fines could backfire.
ECCLESTONE PLEDGES F1 FREE-TO-AIR COVERAGE
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said he will allow free-to-air television broadcasts of grand prix motor racing for as long as he can.
MALAYSIA ‘WILL NOT SUPPORT’ ASIAN WORLD CUP BOYCOTT
Malaysia's ruling soccer body will not support Asia's tentative boycott of the 2002 World Cup over an extra berth, according to local newspaper reports.
LISBON LIKELY BIDDERS FOR 2008 OLYMPICS
Lisbon is expected to launch its second bid this year to host a major sports event.
MALAYSIAN STATE SET FOR SPORT TOURISM INITIATIVE
Malaysia?s Selangor State Government is launching a major sports tourism thrust by highlighting the many golf courses in the state.
GOLF-WORLD CUP FUTURE STATUS UNCLEAR
Two years after announcing that the World Cup of golf would become the fourth World Championships event in 2000, U.S. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem admitted recently that it was unlikely to happen.
ESPN STAR SPORTS REPORTS $21M DEBT
News Corp's latest financial results for the second quarter 2001 have shown that Asian joint venture ESPN Star Sports (ESS) is still $21million (?23.4m) in debt.
MALAYSIAN HOCKEY LOOKS TO RAISE $3 MILLION
The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) is hoping to raise US$3 million (?3.29m) in sponsorship for the 2002 World Cup.