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Ben Johnson, the disgraced Canadian sprinter who received a life-time ban from the IAAF in 1993 for registering excessive testosterone levels, may be allowed to race again.

Germany need to give their all in the closing stages of the race to hold the 2006 soccer World Cup finals, German bid chief Franz Beckenbauer said.

India will host a 16-nation soccer tournament from January 10 to 25 next year, the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has said.

A Dutch proposal to limit the number of countries allowed to bid to host the World Cup was rejected by FIFA's 51st Congress on Monday.

Reach for your mouse and your credit card - it's time for an Olympic flutter on the Internet.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA said on Sunday it was open to the idea of sponsors names on national team shirts but insisted they would not be allowed at the 2002 World Cup. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the association's executive had discussed the idea at an end-of-year meeting in Rome but wanted to examine it further before making a decision.

HomeViewReggaeBoyz.com is to webcast live soccer action of the friendly between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands this weekend.

Trinidad and Tobago has abolished the 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on all sports equipment in an effort to boost sport in the region.

Soccer outsiders Barbados, who shocked Costa Rica in their first 2002 World Cup qualifying match, may be forced to abandon their campaign because of lack of money.

Facts about the FIFA vote to decide who stages the 2006 World Cup finals, which will take place on Thursday in Zurich.

FirstEntertainment, the multimedia internet entertainment company, has signed a sponsorship agreement with Team USA for the Trans-Atlantic Rowing Race to be held in October 2001.

Embattled English Football Association chairman Keith Wiseman on Friday defended a loan deal with Wales that led to the resignation of his chief executive Graham Kelly earlier in the week.

Shares in European champions Manchester United have risen following reports that a group of investors were preparing to buy a large chunk of the stake held by chief executive Martin Edwards.

Manchester United chief executive Martin Edwards has rejected an offer to buy a large chunk of his 14 percent stake in the European champions, industry sources have said.

A three-day meeting of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) in Nassau, Bahamas, has reviewed the impact of the lockout that threatened the cancellation of the entire 1998-9 season.

Further details of a potential bid to take Manchester United back into private hands have been reported in the UK press.