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SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY PLAYERS FORM ASSOCIATION
Springbok captain Gary Teichmann and the majority of South Africa's leading rugby union players have announced they were forming a players' association.
ARU BOSS THREATENS SNUB OF NORTHERN
Australian rugby's most powerful administrator has warned British teams that they risk being snubbed by Australia if they persist in picking weakened squads to tour Down Under.
CAMPBELL QUITS NIKE FOR MARQUEE GROUP
Ian Campbell, former President of Nike Sports Entertainment has joined Bob Gutkowski?s Marquee group and will launch Marquee Australia.
RUGBY SIGNING GIVES STADIUM AUSTRALIA SHARES A KICK
An announcement that Rugby Australia has signed a deal for two Sydney-based rugby tests at Stadium Australia in Sydney's Homebush has caused at $A350 increase in the share price of Stadium Australia.
GOODWILL GAMES-BRISBANE HOPING TO HOST 2001 GAMES
Australian sports officials are hoping to bring the Goodwill Games Down Under.
IBM TO END OLYMPIC PARTNERSHIP
The International Olympic Committee have confirmed that IBM will conclude their association with the Olympic games after Sydney 2000.
OLYMPIC SECURITY "SHARPENED" AFTER U.S. BOMBINGS
Security operations for the Sydney 2000 Olympics have been "sharpened" in response to the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, the Sydney Olympic security commander has said.
SOUTH KOREA SEEKS JOINT TEAMS WITH NORTH KOREA
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has said he hoped an International Olympic Committee initiative to host sports ties between North and South Korea would eventually lead to joint Korean teams for international competitions.
FORMULA ONE CHOOSES CHINA AND MALAYSIA FOR 1999 SEASON
The provisional 17-race schedule for next season was released Thursday by the FIA, auto racing's world governing body, at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council.
SYDNEY’S BID FOR FINALS LOOKS DOOMED
Sydney has virtually given up any hope of hosting the 1999 Grand Prix track and field finals, organisers for the Sydney Olympics have said.
SYDNEY BID CHIEF QUITS ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Businessman Rod McGeoch, who spearheaded Sydney's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games, has resigned from the board of the Games' organising committee.
ASIA THREATENS WORLD CUP BOYCOTT
Asian soccer chiefs have gaven FIFA until March to avert a regional boycott of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea by giving Asia the chance of an extra place in the finals.
COURIER COURTS NEW DOPE CONTROVERSY
Former world number one Jim Courier has made explosive new allegations of doping, saying tennis players could be cheating to keep up with the punishing professional tour.
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
IOC DOPING DECLARATION – SUMMARY OF DETAILS
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has adopted a declaration on doping in sport at the end of a three-day conference in Switzerland.
SAMARANCH SUPPORT FROM ASOIF
Embattled Olympics chief Juan Antonio Samaranch has received unequivocal support from the Summer Games sports federations.
BLATTER BOOST FOR ASIAN WORLD CUP PLACES
A prominent member of soccer's world governing body FIFA believes Asia is winning the battle for more places in the World Cup finals in 2002.
OLYMPIC CONTRACTS WORTH $400M UP FOR GRABS
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games contracts worth $400 million are still available for small businesses in areas ranging from crowd control to laundering.