Sub-Saharan Africa
Business

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will send another inspection team to Zimbabwe next week to look at progress in the preparations for the hosting of the African Nations Cup finals in 2000.
Business

The stadium where Sunday's African Champions' League will be decided could be banned from staging matches next year after crowd violence there in October, officials said.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided to take the 2000 African Nations Cup finals away from Zimbabwe.

Stadia

The Davis Cup Centennial Celebration quarter-final tie between the United States and Australia at the Longwood Cricket Club this summer sold out in a lightning-quick 81 minutes, the USTA said.
Stadia

Brisbane is in line to host a Davis cup tie on 24-26 September 1999.
Media

Britain's first online tax-free betting service has launched into National Football League betting in the United States.
Events

Nigeria has named Lagos and Kano as its venues for next year's African Nations Cup which it is co-hosting with Ghana.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is monitoring unrest in Zimbabwe which could threaten England's tour of the country.

Officials from the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption unit will meet organisers of the Sharjah tournament to combat potential match-fixing at this year's tournament.
Business

A domestic record 5.55m rupees ($117,000) is to be paid for each cricket Test India plays in a deal agreed with international sports management firm IMG.
Events

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has agreed a three-year extension to its current television contracts with terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 and pay-TV channel Sky Sports.
Business

The four bids so far submitted for the sponsorship of the Indian cricket team are not satisfactory, the treasurer of the country's cricket board (BCCI) has said.
Stadia

Mali has been confirmed as the venue for the 2002 African Nations Cup finals, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said.

The Indian cricket team has acquired a new computer software product that will allow quicker and more accurate analysis of players' performances, national coach John Wright said on Thursday.
Business

The England Cricket Board will announce a new test match sponsor tomorrow to replace Cornhill Insurance who pulled out at the end of this year's series against West Indies.
Media

The English Football Association (FA) said on Thursday it was urgently examining the court judgment which overturned a libel damages award to former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar.

Bangladesh will play their first overseas test against Zimbabwe in April, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said.

Allegations that two matches between Essex and Lancashire nine years ago were fixed are being investigated by the England Cricket Board.