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Authorities have requested an extra $1.3million to help pay for security at the Super Bowl, to be staged in Jacksonville, Florida, on February 6.

England captain David Beckham has retained his place as the richest soccer player in Britain with an estimated personal fortune of £65million.

All eight venues selected for the ICC Cricket World Cup in West Indies in 2007 have been approved for their detailed stadium designs and operational plans.

FIFA has voiced mounting concerns over government interference in the affairs of football associations.

Barbados has been chosen as the venue to host the final of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.

After all the talk and hype, the ICC snubbed a bid by the US to host matches during the 2007 Cricket World, amid concerns over security.

The latest round of inspections of candidates wanting to host matches during the Cricket World Cup 2007 has started this week.

Eleven countries have made bids to host a match in the Cricket World Cup 2007.

The 12 countries bidding to host matches during the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007 must submit their formal bids this week.

The Bahamas has become the latest country to officially enter the race to stage matches during the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

RDA Communications has been appointed by South American agency Traffic Sports Marketing as its exclusive television agent for the UK in a three-year agreement.

Twelve countries have filed applications to host matches during the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 - among them the US.

The sports law group of Mishcon de Reya has been named as the legal partner to the West Indies Cricket Board in their signing of the host agreement to stage the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

New Delhi has beaten off the challenge of Canadian rival Hamilton to win the right to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Either Delhi or Hamilton will be chosen as the host city for the 2010 Commonwealth Games when the Commonwealth Games Federation holds its general assembly meeting in Jamaica today.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has got tough over monies owed from this year’s Cricket World Cup as it continues its compensation battle against rights partner the Global Cricket Corporation (GCC).

UK pay-TV network Sky Sports has acquired the exclusive live rights to this Sunday's soccer game between Brazil and Jamaica - to be played at the Walkers Bowl stadium in Leicester.

The Commonwealth Games evaluation commission for the 2010 event has given glowing praise to both cities bidding to host the Games.