Chile

Argentine officials admitted on Thursday that they were pessimistic about the chances of a quick end to the players' strike, the second to hit the domestic game this year.
Business

Les McDonald, president of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), the world governing body of the Olympic sport, has been forced into a court case in Vancouver, British Columbia, over allegations that recent elections to his organisation were fixed, with some national federations being denied their right to vote.

Former amateur golf international Santiago Fisas will become Spain's new secretary of state for sports, Spanish government officials have confirmed.
Business

Television distributor Venevision International has been chosen by satellite broadcaster DirecTV to sub-license the rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup in a number of Latin American nations.
Business

Brazilians have hit out at Sepp Blatter after the FIFA president threatened in a magazine interview to kick the country out of the 2002 World Cup.
Stadia

South America's latest club soccer tournament, a made-for-television affair called the Mercosur Cup, was met with stunning indifference as it kicked off this week.
Events

Latin American pay-TV sports network PSN is to broadcast more than 100 matches from two of the region?s soccer tournaments ? the Copa Mercosur and the Copa Merconorte.

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.

The IOC continued to back away from controversial comments by drug chief Prince Alexandre de Merode, saying that the "progress in Spanish sport has nothing to do with doping".
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports rights marketing company Traffic has expressed dismay at poor ticket sales for the first two quarter-finals of the controversial Copa America.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The disappointing ratings for Olympic coverage on NBC in the US have been offset by more encouraging figures around the world.
Business

European Cup holders Real Madrid lost their appeal against a one match home ban.
Events

Chilean league soccer club O?Higgins has sacked its whole team for refusing to turn out for a match against Universidad de Chile.
Business

AC Milan and Lazio want restrictions on foreign players in Italian soccer lifted with Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani even threatening court action to end the current regulations.
Business

European champions Real Madrid football club's debts have risen to 20.15 billion pesetas ($132.8 million).
Business

The Chilean national football squad recorded profits of $3.27 million last year despite its poor results on the field which has left it with little chance of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup.
Stadia

India will host an international soccer tournament next January.
Business

Sydney and Salt Lake City Olympic officials have sought to reassure potential sponsors and spectators that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was dealing effectively with the biggest scandal in its 104-year history.