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A panel of legal experts will decide the future of South African cricketers Herschelle Gibbs, Henry Williams and Pieter Strydom after publication of an interim report on match-fixing next week.

With one month to go before the kick-off of rugby union?s Welsh-Scottish league, a sponsor is still nowhere to be found, despite the best efforts of international marketing firm IMG

Entertainment, sports and media group ENIC plc has offered to buy most of the 40% stake in Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur held by its chairman Alan Sugar, the Independent on Sunday reported.

Sydney may be poised for a visitor-fueled cash-injection of Olympic proportions this September, but the New South Wales State capital can also expect an extra sports-related economic boost from a far less exalted source.

The 2001 British Speedway Grand Prix will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

English Premier League soccer champion Manchester United is to unveil its new megastore at Old Trafford next week ? along with its new kit.

Ticketmaster International, a division of Ticketmaster USA, has appointed Brian Kabatznick to the post of Executive Vice President, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Danny Jordaan, head of South Africa?s failed bid for the 2006 World Cup is to be one of the big names at this October?s Soccerex 2000 conference and exhibition.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in conjunction with Lisbon-based Regino Cruz Arquitectos e Consultores (RCAC) has been awarded first prize in a design competition for the new Algarve Stadium in Faro, Portugal, amongst eight short-listed proposals. The winning team also includes Sport Concepts, the UK-based specialists in stadium design.

Two Indian police officers have flown to Britain to search for new evidence in their match-fixing investigation.

Britain's House of Lords has voted through a government bill that will stop soccer hooligans from travelling abroad.

The Millennium Commonwealth Youth Games is to be extensively covered on the Games? official web site.

Legislation to prevent known soccer hooligans from travelling abroad could be rejected by the UK?s House of Lords. The government is looking to save face following the disastrous events in Euro 2000, but the Lords have demanded at least one more day to debate it.

ESPN Pacific Rim and ESPN Latin America are to broadcast live coverage of two of the top games in soccer?s Scottish Premier League to open its coverage of the new season.

The trial of a former British police officer accused of manslaughter over the deaths of 96 soccer fans at Hillsborough stadium in 1989 was abandoned on Wednesday and there will be no retrial.

Holiday firm and co-sponsor of the West Indies cricket tour of the UK, Sandals, in conjunction with Channel 4 Television, are bringing a taste of Caribbean holiday spirit to the UK this summer.