Asia
MEDIA CONTENT TO OPEN ASIAN OFFICE
AIM-listed sports media advisory firm Media Content is to open a new office in Hong Kong.
CHINADOTCOM, AFP IN SPORTS WEBSITE JV
Asian Internet firm Chinadotcom Corp has formed an Internet sports content firm with news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).
THREE CHINESE CITIES WANT 2008 OLYMPICS
China is considering rival bids by three of its largest cities - Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou - to host the 2008 Olympic Games, state media said on Monday.
OLYMPIC NEWS – `AROUND THE RINGS?Ed Hula, Editor
1.DIRTY TRICKS SURFACE IN IOC SCANDAL
2.KENYA'S MUKORA QUITS IOC
3.SAMARANCH DEFIANT, TOO
4.2006 WINTER OLYMPIC BIDDERS FACE CONFUSION, NEW RULES
5.2012 BIDS
6.HOT FILE
ROGGE FACES TOUGH START AS POUND AND KIM CRY FOUL
Newly elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge was left with no time to savour his triumph as he faced a daunting start to his eight-year term of office.
OUR VILLAGE IS BEST EVER, SYDNEY OFFICIALS SAY
The athletes' village for the Sydney Olympics, with a dining area to serve 5,000 people at one sitting, has been acclaimed by Australian Games officials as the best ever.
ICC PRESIDENT TO MISS KEY MEETING
The president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), India's Jagmohan Dalmiya, will not attend a key meeting of the ICC's executive board in New Zealand this weekend.
INDIAN CRICKETERS BARRED FROM TAKING ON PAKISTAN
The Indian government has denied the country's national cricket team permission to play a test match in Pakistan next month, according to local television reports.
TECHNOLOGY HIGH ON ICC AGENDA
The International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's governing body, is to focus on the use of technology for decision making at this week's Playing Committee (CC-P) meeting, taking place from May 23-25.
ICC TEAM FLY TO SHARJAH FOR MATCH FIX PROBE
Two investigators from the International Cricket Council (ICC) were flying to Sharjah today to continue enquiries into match-fixing.
INDIAN BOARD TO FIGHT AZHARUDDIN’S BAN APPEAL
Mohammad Azharuddin's appeal against a life ban for alleged match-fixing will be contested by the Indian cricket board.
BCCI DECIDE MATCH-FIX PLAYERS FATE
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will decide the fate of Indian cricketers guilty of match-fixing on Tuesday, a source close to board president A.C. Mutiah said.
INVESTIGATORS TO SUBMIT MATCH-FIXING REPORT TODAY
Indian federal investigators are due to submit an interim report on match-fixing to the government today.
BANGLADESH TO TOUR SOUTH AFRICA
Test cricket's newest recruits Bangladesh will undertake their first tour of South Africa in October, the United Cricket Board (UCB) said.
U.S. WRESTLERS TO COMPETE IN IRAN AGAIN
American wrestlers will attend an international tournament in Iran in September, months after a groundbreaking visit by a U.S. team which launched exchanges between the two hostile countries.
TAX RAID IN LATEST CRICKET FIX TWIST
Income tax officers launched nationwide raids on the homes and offices of top Indian cricketers, officials and bookmakers on Thursday in the latest twist to a match-fixing scandal rocking the sport.
AUDITOR HARRIS WADES INTO SECRECY ROW
An official audit has revealed the hidden costs for Sydney taxpayers of the 2000 Olympic Games, but its most potentially explosive section contained no alarming costings at all.
LI FIRM SNAPS UP CRICKET WEB RIGHTS
Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks has snapped up the exclusive internet broadcasting rights to international cricket matches played in India.