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Iran, the United States and Northern Ireland have been jointly awarded FIFA's 1998 Fair Play prize.

The official opening of NBA camps and the accompanying free agent and trade frenzy will begin this afternoon at 2 pm EST (1700 GMT).

FIFA President Sepp Blatter will meet soccer chiefs from all 15 former Soviet republics this weekend and may offer them hope of a fairer deal in the transfer market.

Juan Antonio Samaranch has not yet got himself and his movement out of the worst storm to hit the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for decades.

The Italian government are to prepare new rules limiting a single digital television broadcaster from owning more than 60 percent of rights to the total amount of football games, an Italian newspaper has reported.

A team from world soccer governing body FIFA has begun inspecting hotels in eight Nigerian cities to decide if they are good enough to be used at the World Youth Cup in April, organisers have announced.

The Sydney 2000 Olympics construction boom will continue in 1999, with the value of projects currently underway in the city worth more than A$2 billion, the New South Wales state government has said.

The US federal government has this week joined a private lawsuit against the New York Yankees and New York City for allegedly failing to make Yankee Stadium accessible to people with disabilities.

A FIFA delegation was reported to be satisfied with facilities in Lagos as it began a final inspection to decide if Nigeria should host the World Youth Cup.

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

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

Major League Baseball's 2001 All-Star Game will be held in Seattle's new retractable-roof stadium, league officials have announced.

The National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR) has won a preliminary injunction against an individual who had registered the internet domain names `nascarfanclub.com? and `nascarpitcrew.com?.

A FIFA team on a final inspection of Nigerian facilities for the World Youth Cup has criticised the stadiums at two venues.

Philips Electronics has put its name to a sports venue in the States in a record-breaking deal estimated to exceed $120 million.

The General Assembly in Pennsylvania has approved the use of tax funds to finance two new stadiums.