Australia

Greyhound racing will become the only spectator sport in British history to launch a generic television advertising campaign. Three months worth of adverts will appear on Sky from Saturday with the aim to encourage viewers to visit one of the country?s 32 greyhound tracks.

Interstate clubs in Australia have strongly supported an AFL proposal to change the present finals system relating to the use of the MCG.

The Salt Lake Organising Committee is confident that its computer network will perform well for next February's 2002 Winter Games.

Sydney-based clothing manufacturer Classic Sportswear has signed a major kit deal with Great Britain?s Rugby Football League.

Perth in Western Australia has won the bid to host the ILF Lacrosse World Championships next year.

If the Australian Rugby Union succeeds in its bid for a fourth Super 12 team, it would play its first match next year.

ITC Ltd , India's largest cigarette maker, has invited proposals to take over its sponsorship of the nation's cricket team following a government move to discourage tobacco advertising.

The AFL has had a much-needed sponsorship boost as the league and naming-rights backer Coca-Cola denied their relationship would end prematurely.

English third division soccer club Hull City have been locked out of their Boothferry Park home.

Sports-mad Australia is now looking to make its mark off the sports field, according to a survey published on the country's national day.

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed the status of Beach Volleyball as a full Olympic discipline as from the Olympic Games of Athens in 2004.

Australians are to commemorate the Sydney 2000 Olympics with an exhibition at the scene of the ? best ever? Games.

Spain's Paralympic basketball team will hand back gold medals won at the Sydney Games after 10 of their players were found to have no disability, officials have said.

The Netherlands were named the team of the year by FIFA, soccer's ruling body, on Thursday.

A virtual sports institute is to be created to give Britain's top sportsmen and women access to the best advice and services wherever they are in the world.

The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) has enlisted legal representation it its bid to win a slice of earnings from the Australian Football League?s (AFL) broadcast rights.