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Every day at the Wimbledon tennis tournament hundreds of security staff search those coming through the gates for offensive items - knives, bombs, paper hats...

The English RFU has appointed its first stadium director.

Stadium Australia Group’s chief executive Ken Edwards has criticised the New South Wales government for not investing enough money in improving Sydney’s status as a sporting centre after it lost out to Melbourne’s MCG stadium for the right to stage the Socceroos’ World Cup qualifier.

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Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Kevan Gosper has been reprimanded by the organisation's ethics commission for publicly supporting Canadian Dick Pound for the president's job.

While the 2008 Olympic Games will last only 16 days, host cities will feel their effects long after the awarding of the final gold medals, according to a new report.

Next year’s Commonwealth Games in Manchester will go ahead after the UK government announced more than £100million ($141.3m) in extra funding for the event.

The UK’s largest media company Granada has joined forces with internet retailer Lastminute.com to develop a website for late deals on sports and leisure events.

South Korea has agreed that tobacco and related advertising will be banned at 2002 World Cup football matches, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

Celtic Manor will be confirmed as the venue for the 2009/2010 Ryder Cup at a 1pm (BST) news conference today, a Welsh bid source has told sportbusiness.com.

Boxing promoter Don King has offered $12.5 million to the Lennox Lewis camp to stage a world heavyweight title rematch with Hasim Rahman.

Euro ’96 soccer tournament director and former ISL executive Glen Kirton and former API Sponsorship managing director Matthew Argenti have joined Fast Track Sales, the sports marketing and consultancy company founded by Alan Pascoe and Edward Leask.

Greece expects a record Paralympics participation in 2004 after ironing out problems with the International Paralympics Committee (IPC), officials said on Wednesday.

Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc is confident that no raids by police searching for drugs will tarnish this year's version of cycling's biggest race which starts this weekend in Dunkirk.

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has announced that it has signed a three-year contract to become the official information technology supplier to the Tour de France cycling race through to 2003.

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Brisbane Capital Corp is to purchase the shares of Eventco, the Californian sports entertainment company wholly owned by Leon Hatcher.