Africa
SOUTH AFRICA TRIES TO PREVENT ANOTHER STADIUM DISASTER
South African soccer officials are introducing numbered tickets for the World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe in Johannesburg on Saturday after 43 people died at the city?s Ellis Park stadium last month.
BIRMINGHAM TO HOST GREAT BRITAIN DAVIS CUP TIE
The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, has been selected as the venue for the Davis Cup Euro/African Zone 1 second round tie between Great Britain and Portugal on 6-8 April.
ICC TO ANNOUNCE 10-MONTH TEST MATCH PLAN
The International Cricket Council will announce next month a 10-year plan for fixtures between the 10 test-playing nations.
COMMISSIONER CONFIDENT ON PRESIDENTS CUP FUTURE
US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem believes the Presidents Cup has a bright future, whether or not the American players embrace the event.
TECHNOLOGY TO BE TESTED ON LBW DECISIONS
The International Cricket Council is to investigate the use of technology to determine LBW decisions.
FIFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEET TODAY
The FIFA executive committee meet today for the first time since the controversial vote on the 2006 World Cup host.
DEMPSEY QUITS OCEANIA JOB TODAY
Controversial FIFA executive committee member Charles Dempsey ? the man who abstained in the final round of voting for the host of the 2006 World Cup ? has quit as head of the Oceania Football Confederation today.
GERMAN MAG OWNS UP TO 2006 WORLD CUP HOAX
A German satirical magazine has said it had sent hoax faxes to FIFA delegates this week urging them to vote for Germany as the host of the 2006 World Cup in return for a gift.
TALKSPORT WIN ENGLAND TOUR RIGHTS
UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has won the rights to broadcast exclusive coverage of the England cricket tour to the West Indies in 2004.
CRICKET COUNTIES PLAN INTER-CITY CUP
Four English county cricket clubs are to launch a new Inter-City flood-lit tournament featuring Surrey, Warwickshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, according The Independent on Sunday newspaper.
JORDAAN: NATIONS CUP PROBLEMS `NOTHING TO DO WITH SA?
The head of South Africa?s bid for soccer?s 2006 World Cup has refuted suggestions that events at the African Nations Cup in Nigeria will have a negative effect.
MCC TO VOTE AGAIN ON WOMEN MEMBERS
MCC, the world's most famous cricket club, is to vote again on whether to allow women members for the first time in its 211-year history.
ECB PROBES ALLEGATIONS OF FIXED DOMESTIC MATCHES.
Allegations that two matches between Essex and Lancashire nine years ago were fixed are being investigated by the England Cricket Board.
IAAF ELECTS DIACK AS CHIEF ? THEN CHANGES ITS NAME
The IAAF has elected Lamine Diack as its chief for another two years ? the only candidate standing at the athletics governing body?s congress for president.
CAF CONFIDENT OVER ISL/ISSM COLLAPSE
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is confident there will be little or no fallout from the bankruptcy of Swiss firm ISL/ISSM, who held the marketing and sponsorship rights to next year's African Nations Cup finals in Mali.
CAMEROON PM IN FIFA PLEA
Cameroon's Prime Minister has written to FIFA disavowing the actions of his sports minister that led the country to being suspended from world soccer earlier this week.
FIFA CRITICAL OF NIGERIA STADIA
A FIFA team on a final inspection of Nigerian facilities for the World Youth Cup has criticised the stadiums at two venues.
KENYA ASKS ICC FOR MORE CRICKET
Kenyan cricket chiefs have asked the sport's world governing body for more international matches following the recent West Indies tour of the country.