Asia

The International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit is visiting South Africa this week for a series of meetings linked to security planning for the World Cup in 2003.

Soccer legent Johan Cruyff will become the global ambassador for Hyundai during the World Cup next year in Japan and South Korea, following a deal with sports marketing giant Octagon.

The NBA has called a planned series of exhibition games in the Far East next week in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the US.

South Korea has unveiled the fourth of its ten World Cup stadiums today with a friendly international against Nigeria.

South Korea is to create no-fly zones during next year's World Cup above its stadia amid security concerns sparked by the US attacks earlier this week.

New Zealand has cancelled its forthcoming three-test tour of Pakistan because of the US terror attacks.

Tennis tournaments in the US and Brazil will continue this week despite Tuesday's terror attacks in New York and Washington.

MP Web, the new media company of Milan-based sports marketers Media Partners Group, and Italian Serie A soccer club AC Parma have signed an exclusive management agreement for the official website of AC Parma until 2009.

Internet giant Yahoo! has signed a deal with soccer's world governing body FIFA to manage and run the official websites of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups - in doing so becoming the 15th and final official partner for next year's tournament.

The LPGA World Cup of Golf, scheduled to be played in Australia later this year, has been cancelled.

Sportsetail, the merchandising business owned as a joint venture by the UK’s Hay & Robertson and BSkyB, has reached a European product and distribution agreement with FIFA for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

The Southeast Asian Games, currently being hosted by Malaysia, is set to take place less frequently as organisers try and recapture its attraction to both the public and sponsors.

The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games have begun delivering their final presentations ahead of this afternoon's decision in Moscow around 3.30pm BST.

Copyright Promotions Partners (CPP) Korea, CPLG's joint-venture company handling the World Cup 2002 licensing programme for Asia Pacific, has held a fashion show in Seoul displaying over 500 World Cup Japan/Korea 2002 licensed products.

Beijing combined evocative images of ancient and modern China in its final bid for the 2008 Olympics on Friday just hours before the International Olympics Committee (IOC) votes on the host.

The Japanese city of Osaka was eliminated in the first round of voting by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the right to host the 2008 Summer Games.