Africa

Kenyan cricket chiefs have asked the sport's world governing body for more international matches following the recent West Indies tour of the country.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will sign a $50 million marketing and television rights agreement with French company Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon in February, say CAF officials.

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) said on Wednesday that Port Moresby would host the 2001 OFC Club Championship.

Cameroon's Issa Hayatou is expected to remain president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Thursday's election at the congress in Accra.

Plans to cut the number of African countries bidding for the 2006 World Cup from five to just one strong candidate have been delayed, officials said on Tuesday.

Turkey wants to build a Formula One circuit in Istanbul within three years, the head of the Turkish Automobile Federation said on Thursday.

Beijing is eyeing the 2008 Olympics as a cure for problems ranging from choking smog to taxi-clogged streets, and as an image boost for the Communist capital.

South Africa's 2006 World Cup bid committee will concentrate on the "nuts and bolts" of staging the event in its campaign rather than an emotional appeal for Africa.

Soccer legend Pele has confirmed his support for South Africa's bid to stage the 2006 World Cup, saying he thought Brazil could be ready to stage the finals four years later.

African Games officials want to harmonise international sporting calendars to ensure their top athletes do not have to choose between lucrative overseas meetings and the continent's top event.

FIFA, world soccer?s governing body, appears to be back-tracking over a confidential report which ranked England's bid to stage the 2006 World Cup below that of rivals Germany and South Africa.

South Africa's quest to host the World Cup 2006 has been endorsed by the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Executive, adding an important component to the South Africa 2006 bid.

Morocco, in a move to reaffirm its bid to stage the 2006 World Cup, says it has no plans to withdraw from the competition to host the finals, an official statement said.

Nairobi will host the 2000 International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day knockout tournament between the nine test playing nations, the ICC has confirmed.

South African cricket president Raymond White is facing a motion to oust him as a campaign to appoint a non-white chief executive gathers momentum.

An IOC report says preliminary results indicate that the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, were broadcast in more countries than ever before and that the global cumulative audience is likely to equal Lillehammer's record??.