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The Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union (MAAU) will start a five-year development programme from 2002 targeted for the 2006, when the Asian Games will be held in Qatar.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board, meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week, has approved the use of independent match venues for international cricket.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE) has signed a series of agreements that will deliver more than 2,200 hours of its programming across three continents.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has been forced to reschedule some of the national side’s forthcoming matches, including the West Indies three-day tour, to accommodate parliamentary elections taking place on December 5.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc (WWFE) today announced a series of agreements that will deliver more than 2,200 hours of its programming across three continents.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has signed a series of agreements delivering more than 2,200 hours of WWFE programming across three continents.

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.

New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are to feature in a triangular cricket series with increased prize money, tentatively scheduled for April 10-19 next year.

Pakistan cricket authorities, keen to try to exorcise the spectre of match-fixing allegations, have told Sharjah Cup organisers they will not come to Sharjah again if they see bookmakers approaching the team.

World cricket's governing body have acted to prevent a repeat of the pitch fiasco that caused international matches in India and West Indies to be abandoned during the 1997-98 season.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in association with Citibank and Visa International have announced a new credit card aimed at promoting the development of cricket in India, officials said.

The one-day tournament between England, South Africa and Sri Lanka later this month, the first international cricket series in England to be played in coloured clothing, is to be sponsored by Emirates airline.

The eighth South Asian Federation (SAF) Games, the region's biggest sports event, will be held in Kathmandu next year, organisers have said.

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

A senior Pakistani cricket official has said that accusations of gambling and match-fixing were part of a conspiracy aimed at ruining the reputations of some of the country's international players.

Australian cricketer Shane Warne's major sponsor Nike has said it did not condone Warne's actions in accepting money from an Indian bookmaker, but added it stood by the tarnished star.