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Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday that a medal system will be introduced to prevent drivers becoming world champions “by not winning races”.

US PGA Tour officials announced changes to their season-ending play-off chase that should see more drama building toward the Tour Championship starting next year, Eurosport reports.

Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games received a boost from the 7th Plenary Meeting of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21).

The modern pentathlon is to become a discipline of four, rather than five, events after the sport's governing body, the UIPM, voted to combine its running and shooting elements.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) unveiled a new format for the World Cup on the first day of a two-day council meeting.

FIFA, football’s world governing body, is considering selecting the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups at the end of 2010 to allow more time for major infrastructure work, Reuters reports.

This year’s Rugby League World Cup has already generated record profits of more than £2 million, according to the chairman of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF).

The 2010 Tour de France will begin from the Dutch city of Rotterdam, organisers have said.

Next year's LPGA Tour will feature three events less than 2008, largely due to the global financial crisis, Reuters reports.

Ukraine's government is dissolving an agency overseeing preparations for Euro 2012 after UEFA, European football’s governing body, complained that it was inefficient, Reuters reports.

Tessa Jowell, Minister for the Olympics and Stephanie Ankrah, Marketing Manager for Women’s Training at Nike are to speak at the WSFF Annual Conference on Monday.

Delegates at the Opening Ceremony of Soccerex 2008, the business conference for world football, will be welcomed by one of the most influential figures in South African football, Dr. Irvin Khoza.

One of the world’s leading sport business experts, Professor Simon Chadwick, says the economic downturn will throw the spotlight on how sport is run as an industry, pushing sports to innovate.

Formula One commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone, is considering dropping the points-based drivers' championship in favour of a medal-based title race, UK newspaper, The Times reports.

Canadian officials have failed to reach a deal to reinstate Montreal's Grand Prix to the 2009 Formula One schedule, the BBC reports.

US cycling race, the Tour de Georgia, will not be held in 2009 due to lack of interest from sponsors, organisers have said.