Sub-Saharan Africa
ICC SET TO PROBE MATCH-FIX CLAIMS
Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of the International Cricket Council, has said allegations of match-fixing by four South African players would be probed once the ICC had been officially informed.
CRICKET COUNTIES PLAN INTER-CITY CUP
Four English county cricket clubs are to launch a new Inter-City flood-lit tournament featuring Surrey, Warwickshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, according The Independent on Sunday newspaper.
F1 COUNCIL PLOTS REDUCTION OF EUROPEAN QUOTA
The World Council of 119-nation Federation Internationale de l?Automobile (FIA) is to vote on whether to reduce the number of Formula 1 Grand Prix in the European Union.
ROMANIA AND SOUTH AFRICA IN SPORTS AGREEMENT
Romania and South Africa have signed a bilateral co-operation agreement in Pretoria to lay the foundation for practical relationships at the level of sport federations, clubs and schools.
SA ACCUSES ENGLAND OF NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN
South Africa has again disputed the campaigning tactics of World Cup 2006 bidding rivals, England.
RANGERS READY FOR FLOTATION
Glasgow Rangers have disclosed plans to float the business on the stock exchange and that talks are underway with a number of potential media investors.
UK GOVERNMENT DENY JOINT WORLD CUP BID REPORT
The British government has dismissed a report that England might team up with Germany in a bid to host soccer's 2006 World Cup rather than press its own case.
WORLD CUP 2006 DECISION ? 100 DAY COUNTDOWN
Countries bidding for the 2006 soccer World Cup are beginning the countdown to decision day ? exactly 100 days away.
RUGBY WORLD CUP PROFITS REVEALED
Last year?s rugby union World Cup made a #47m surplus ? an increases of nearly #30million on the tournament in South Africa in 1995, The Observer newspaper reported ahead of this week?s publication of the tournament accounts.
GERMANY SPRINT TO THE FINISH IN BID RACE
Germany need to give their all in the closing stages of the race to hold the 2006 soccer World Cup finals, German bid chief Franz Beckenbauer said.
BID INVITES SOCCER GREATS FOR FINAL PUSH
South Africa has invited African soccer greats Abedi Pele of Ghana and Cameroon's Roger Milla to be ambassadors for their 2006 World Cup bid.
FIFA `FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED? WITH SA BID
FIFA's technical inspection team has given South Africa's bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals an unequivocal thumbs-up on Tuesday after a five-day tour to check the country's readiness.
MINISTER CONFIDENT OF SA BID VICTORY
Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour has predicted victory for South Africa in the fight to stage the 2006 World Cup finals, claiming: "We have 98 percent of the bid approval in the bag."
SA BID GETS FIFA PRAISE
FIFA has praised South Africa's pitch for the 2006 World Cup as a technical team began a six-day tour find out how enthusiastic the country was about hosting the competition.
MEDIA COMES OUT IN SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa wants the 2006 soccer World Cup, deserves it and is more than ready to make it work, the country's newspapers declared on Thursday as a crucial FIFA inspection got underway in Johannesburg.
JORDAAN WELCOMES FIFA INSPECTION
South Africa?s bid for the FIFA World Cup 2006 reaches a critical stage this week when soccer?s world governing body sends a delegation for a six-day technical inspection.
AFRICA PUTS STRONG CASE FOR WORLD CUP BID
Danny Jordaan made a powerful appeal to FIFA's executive committee to end the cycle of European domination of world soccer by handing South Africa the 2006 World Cup finals.
FIFA PRAISE MOROCCO BID AS `OUTSTANDING?
A FIFA inspection team has arrived in Morocco for a five-day visit, saying the country's bid file to host the 2006 World Cup was outstanding.