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From delinquent to dohyo master in six short years, Japan's newest sumo superstar Ryuji Hiroshima has made his mother very proud, and unwittingly become a shining example for the nation's disaffected youth.

Organiser of soccer?s Euro 2000 championships has revealed preparations are on schedule and that stadiums would be ready a year in advance of the kick-off.

It has been revealed that an Australian Government Minister met last week with key sponsors of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, as alarm grew about the extent to which the event was being sullied by corruption allegations.

Though the Super Bowl is traditionally a showcase for top advertisers, a number of lesser-known companies are wagering big bucks on this Sunday's game.

Horse racing returns to Italy today after a strike lasting nearly a month.

Communist-ruled Vietnam has approved Hanoi's first horse racing track.

Olympics boss Juan Antonio Samaranch has launched a scathing attack against media critics who have called for him to quit over the Salt Lake City corruption scandal.

Dutch soccer club Feyenoord is banning its own fans from European away games for the next year and a half.

Olympic boss Juan Antonio Samaranch has painted a depressing picture of sport's drug problems when he opened a world conference on doping.

Manchester United are officially the richest soccer club in the world - according to a major survey carried out by accountants Deloitte & Touche.

A scandal over Japan's successful bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics has flared up again when a major newspaper reported hard evidence had been found that Nagano spent millions of dollars on lavish entertainment as part of its bidding campaign.

Olympics boss Juan Antonio Samaranch, facing calls to quit after a major corruption scandal, is now under pressure to step aside from control of a new body aimed at stamping out doping.

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a major new contract with Sports and Outdoor Media International (SOMI).

French terrestrial television station TF1 and pay television group Canal Plus have declined to comment on a report they were talking about sharing European football broadcasting rights.

Sports officials look doomed to fail in their bid to agree on a minimum two-year ban for serious drugs offenders across all sports, giving beleaguered Olympic boss Juan Antonio Samaranch another headache.

Sports leaders have failed to agree on a compulsory two-year ban for serious drugs across all sports, leaving in place one of the biggest anomalies in the Olympic movement.