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The IAAF has received interest from eight cities to host the 2005 World Championships following the withdrawal of London at the end of last year.

Eight cities have shown an interest in staging the World Championships competition in 2005 after it was controversially taken away from the UK after the Picketts Lock debacle.

The Belgian Grand Prix could be axed from 2003 if the government imposes a national ban on tobacco advertising, according to Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with brewing company Staryi Melnik ahead of next year's World Cup.

Britain's sporting image was severly dented today after The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) decided to reopen bidding for the 2005 World Championships following the Picketts Lock debacle.

UEFA will decide the venue for next year's European under-21 championships at a meeting on December 13.

SFX Sports Group has appointed former PSV Eindhoven soccer executive Chiel Dekker manager for the Benelux region.

Hockey’s inaugural Men’s Champions Challenge has been relocated to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 8-16.

The English Premier League has denied that the European Commission was investigating last year's sale of television rights to England's top-flight soccer matches.

The Czech Republic’s leading commercial broadcaster TV Nova has clinched a two-year deal for the broadcast rights for the top two Czech soccer leagues.

Athletics’ world governing body the IAAF is implementing a range of measures in a boost to spark new interest in its Golden League competition.

Europe's soccer governing body UEFA remains opposed to European Commission plans to force changes to the way broadcast rights to the Champions League are sold, its chief executive has said.

Cycling’s 2004 Road World Championship is to be staged in Verona, Italy, the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) management committee has decided.

The following are pen pictures of the five candidates seeking to take over from Juan Antonio Samaranch when he retires after 21 years as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday.

Voting figures in the election for the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday:

Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has renewed his call to defeated rival Dick Pound to stay on as both the Games' marketing chief and a key figure in the fight against doping.