Events

The 20th Southeast Asian games begin on Saturday with attention focused as much on the tiny sultanate of Brunei as the actual competition itself.

The British Showing Jumping Association has appointed Michael Bullman its new chairman of international affairs.

General Motors Corporation (GM) and the Dallas Cowboys have signed a five-year partnership agreement.

The chairman of English Premier League club Chelsea, Ken Bates, has called on European countries to boycott the 2002 World Cup finals in protest at plans to bring the dates forward.

Nasdaq-listed Quokka Sports have announced the addition of four new members to its executive team.

A majority of sports fans remain reluctant to pay high ticket prices for women's sporting events, despite the heavy promotion and marketing surrounding the recent Women's World Cup Games.

A report in the UK's Financial Times has added substance to earlier newspaper reports that BSkyB are looking to buy a stake under 10% in Leeds Sporting plc, which owns Premier League club Leeds United.

Russian Sports Minister Boris Ivanyuzhenkov has ruled out the city of Yaroslavl as joint hosts of the 2000 world ice hockey championship.

The beleaguered organisers of the Rugby World Cup have criticised ITV's coverage of the event as a "disgrace" according to a report in the UK?s Guardian newspaper.

Guinness announced a 15 per cent sales increase in the UK for the September/October period during which they sponsored the Rugby World Cup.

The beleaguered organisers of the Rugby World Cup have criticised ITV's coverage of the event as a "disgrace" according to a report in the UK?s Guardian newspaper.

Guinness announced a 15 per cent sales increase in the UK for the September/October period during which they sponsored the Rugby World Cup.

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

There have been yet more problems at the troubled Southeast Asian Games in Brunei after the roof of the main press centre collapsed, just a week after the tiles on a nearby convention centre fell down and injured a policeman and damaged two parked cars underneath.

England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) is looking to reorganise itself along commercial lines in a move which could see it launch its own entertainment division, according to UK press reports.

The trial of four Germans accused of beating a French policeman almost to death at last year's World Cup finals will not affect Germany's bid to host the tournament in 2006, German Football Federation (DFB) President Egidius Braun has said.