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The 2003 Cricket World Cup has been officially launched in Soweto, with unity put forward as the main theme of the event to be hosted by South Africa.

All UK staff - excluding the sales team - of Sportal have been told they will be made redundant following the sale of Sportal.com and Sportal.co.uk's URLs and trademarks.

Hockey’s inaugural Men’s Champions Challenge has been relocated to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 8-16.

Sir Paul Condon, head of the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), has called off his proposed visit to the Sharjah Champions Trophy tournament on health grounds.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has signed a joint venture agreement with internet sports content publisher Sportev.

Around 1.3 billion people will watch the 2003 cricket World Cup, the tournament organisers claimed as the fixtures were unveiled this weekend.

Canadian city Montreal has been chosen as the venue for the 2006 Gay Games.

An international hockey event set for New Delhi in December has been moved out of India because of security concerns.

Troubled UK-based sports internet portal Sportal is once again facing financial difficulties with the company confirming to sportbusiness.com that it is considering further restructuring.

England have withdrawn from the International Rugby Board's World Sevens tournament in Dubai next month.

A public inquiry into the Ellis Park disaster – South Africa's worst sporting tragedy – will resume tomorrow after over a month, a commission official said.

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

Soccer standards in East Africa will only improve if national federations are properly organised, the president of the region's football body CECAFA Farah Addo has said.

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.

Former South Africa cricket captain Hansie Cronje has had his appeal for a lifetime ban from playing the game dismissed.

The first round of the World Sevens Series has been moved from Dubai to Durban in South Africa, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has said.