Stadia

Thailand will close all schools and colleges, suspend road works and deploy an army of policemen to prevent traffic jams during next month's Asian Games, the chairman of the organising committee said on Monday.

Kerry Packer has purchased a stake in the management trust of the Sydney Olympic Stadium at Homebush Bay (New South Wales).

KGB chief Vladimir Matskevich has been installed as head of the Belarus Biathlon Federation in an effort to improve the country's standing in the sport.

The Romanian Professional League (LFP) has banned first division clubs Steaua and Dinamo Bucharest from allowing their supporters to sit in large groups after trouble at their derby last weekend.

European soccer's governing body has upheld its decision to kick Italian league leaders Fiorentina out of the UEFA Cup.

Australia's Institute of Chartered Accountants have said in a report on Monday that the Sydney's Olympics could be a bonanza for criminals, especially in the area of credit card fraud.

Greece Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos has denied that Athens was lagging behind in preparations to stage the 2004 Olympics.

Australian Aborigines plan to invite their indigenous brothers and sisters from around the world to an Olympics-style festival in the Sydney 2000 stadium.

PSV Eindhoven will expand the capacity of its Philips stadium by 10,000 seats to 40,000 ahead of the Euro 2000 championships.

Canada has defeated the United States in the battle to become the first north American city to stage the world track and field championships.

The NFL's New England Patriots have reached an agreement to move to Hartford, Connecticut from their current Foxboro, Massachusetts home within three years.

British athletics chief David Hemery has formally presented London's bid for the world 2003 championships to International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo.

The Organising Committee for the Olympic Football Tournaments, Sydney 2000, has reaffirmed their ruling on age limits, and announced that the Men's Olympic final will be played in Sydney's new Olympic Stadium.

New York Yankees majority owner George Steinbrenner has agreed in principle to sell his stake in the team to media giant Cablevision Systems Corporation in a record-setting deal, New York media has reported.

Schalke 04 captain Olaf Thon has laid the foundation stone for a new stadium for the Gelsenkirchen club.

A new 80,000 all-seater Wembley Stadium, an expanded 64,000-capacity Stadium of Light in Sunderland and the new Millennium Stadium in Manchester have been named as Category "A" venues for England's 2006 World Cup bid.