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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has promised his government would do all it could to support Germany's bid for the 2006 World Cup.

An unidentified group of investors has apparently made the highest initial bid - of around $600 million - for the Washington Redskins, the Washington Post has reported.

Wembley is close to completing the sale of the national stadium, with the deal expected to have gone through by the end of December.

Germany's ruling Social Democrats want to impose a levy on successful sports stars to help pay for grass-roots training and facilities, Bild am Sonntag newspaper quoted the head of parliament's sports committee as saying.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has party waded into a controversy over the racial make-up of the country's rugby and cricket national teams by labelling them "lily-white".

The Victorian Government has put naming rights for two of Melbourne's premier sporting facilities on the market.

The decision by the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust to seek naming rights sponsors for two of Victoria's premier sporting facilities has caused a mixed reaction among tenants.

Soccer's international governing body has approved Winnipeg's plans for next July's Pan American Games soccer matches, after organisers agreed to improve the facilities.

Three days before Asia's biggest sporting event kicks off, harried Thai organisers are still battling bugs that threaten to turn the 13th Asian Games into a farce.

Tony Scotti, who last year sold his controlling interest in the All American TV syndication firm, plans to use his profits to buy the Washington Redskins.

Computer services company Sema Group Plc has said it had been chosen to run information techology for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the years 2001 to 2008.

Olympic boss Juan Antonio Samaranch has lavished praise on Thailand's much-maligned organisers of the 13th Asian Games, describing Sunday's opening ceremony as one of the best he had ever seen.

Dominican government leaders have applauded Santo Domingo's selection as host city for the 2003 Pan American games, but some opposition leaders dismissed spending on the sports event as inappropriate during recovery from a vicious hurricane.

Scottish soccer is facing a crisis with clubs in the first division worried about the increasingly possible threat of extinction.

The Asian Games has been experiencing major traffic jams, but on the information superhighway, not Bangkok's notoriously congested streets.

Vyacheslav Koloskov, president of the Russian Football Union (RFS), has won a bitter struggle to keep control of the country's soccer for another five years.