Sub-Saharan Africa
BBC PULLS SPORTS SHOW AFTER RIVALS TRUMP IT
The BBC has pulled its flagship Saturday sports show Grandstand from its schedules this weekend as a result of intense competition from its rival free-to-air channels.
ECB AND PLAYERS TO SETTLE CONTRACTS
England?s top 12 cricketers will decide today whether to accept the six-month contract terms they and the ECB have negotiated over the last month.
CRICINFO DELIVER Z$5m SPONSOR DEAL
Online service CricInfo has announced a major Z$5 million sponsorship initiative to aid the development of cricket in Zimbabwe.
NATWEST EXTENDS CRICKET SPONSORSHIP
The NatWest Group will sponsor this summer's triangular one-day cricket competition between England, the West Indies and Zimbabwe.
DIACK MAKES BID FOR LEADERSHIP OF IAAF
Senegal lawyer Lamine Diack is present his case today to retain control of the world governing athletics body after the death of International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo this month.
IAAF ELECTS DIACK AS CHIEF ? THEN CHANGES ITS NAME
The IAAF has elected Lamine Diack as its chief for another two years ? the only candidate standing at the athletics governing body?s congress for president.
BUBKA SET TO CLEAR NEW HEIGHT IN SPORT’S BOARDROOM
World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.
SAMARANCH OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE
Juan Antonio Samaranch has left the intensive care unit of the Swiss hospital he has been in for a week after suffering from chronic fatigue.
SECURITY TO TOP IOC’S ATHENS 2004 INSPECTION AGENDA
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team for the Athens 2004 Games will take a hard look at security when they visit Greece later this week.
IOC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SENEGAL
The executive board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold its first meeting of the year 2001 in Dakar, Senegal.
PARIS-DAKAR RALLY RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS
The Paris-Dakar rally returns to its geographical roots in 2001 when the race starts from the French capital on New Year's Day before a 10,000-km trek across Europe and north Africa takes competitors to the Senegal capital.
IOC ETHICS COMMISSION SEEKS BAN ON ATHLETES’ BETTING
The International Olympic Committee's ethics commission has said it wants to ban athletes from betting on their own or their rivals' performances.
IAAF PRESIDENT WANTS SPORT’S WORLD CUP IN U.S
IAAF president Lamine Diack said Tuesday there are "serious possibilities" that track and field's 2002 world cup could be held in the United States.
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO PROBE GOSPER CASE
An IOC ethics commission has decided to ask an independent investigator to probe allegations that IOC vice-president Kevan Gosper breached Olympic guidelines.
SYDNEY SEEKS TO LIMIT GAMES FALLOUT
Australian officials have vowed to polish the tarnished image of the Olympics, seeking to convince sponsors and potential spectators that Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Games was clean.
SYDNEY AND SALT LAKE CITY REASSURE SPONSORS
Sydney and Salt Lake City Olympic officials have sought to reassure potential sponsors and spectators that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was dealing effectively with the biggest scandal in its 104-year history.
OLYMPIC NEWS – `AROUND THE RINGS?Ed Hula, Editor
1.DIRTY TRICKS SURFACE IN IOC SCANDAL
2.KENYA'S MUKORA QUITS IOC
3.SAMARANCH DEFIANT, TOO
4.2006 WINTER OLYMPIC BIDDERS FACE CONFUSION, NEW RULES
5.2012 BIDS
6.HOT FILE
CAF CONFIDENT OVER ISL/ISSM COLLAPSE
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is confident there will be little or no fallout from the bankruptcy of Swiss firm ISL/ISSM, who held the marketing and sponsorship rights to next year's African Nations Cup finals in Mali.