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Beijing seems to be cruising towards victory in the race to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, despite human rights demonstrations on the IOC’s doorstep and Chinese stadiums that currently exist only as computer graphics.
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Sport presentation and production company, Great Big Events (GBE), has been appointed the ‘Official Sport Presentation Partner’ of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) for the next three years.
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US sports network ESPN has won its legal battle with Indian cable operator InCablenet over the under-declaration of subscriber numbers, after the Mumbai High Court in New Delhi ordered the latter to pay the relevant compensation to ESPN.

Acting England captain Alec Stewart is to organise a meeting with International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption investigators early next week.
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Knowing more about the extent and nature of match-fixing within the game of cricket is more important than ‘naming and shaming’ individual players, according to Sir Paul Condon, director of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti Corruption Unit (ACU).
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Anti-corruption officials from the International Cricket Council (ICC) will arrive in India on Thursday to investigate match-fixing allegations, an Indian federal police official said.
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Singapore is struggling to keep prestigious sporting events because sponsors say the island cannot give them a good return on their investment.
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Caretaker England cricket captain Alec Stewart finally had his interview with the anti-corruption unit of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Yesterday.

About 200 Tibetans marched through the Indian capital on Wednesday in protest at Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games and China's poor human rights record.

A Singapore cricket official has said an apparent match-fixing attempt in last week's Singapore International Challenge final between India and West Indies was shocking and may have come from abroad.
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World athletics chief Primo Nebiolo has assured British Sports Minister Tony Banks that London would have a good chance of staging the 2003 world championships if proposed renovations to Wembley Stadium are completed.

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The Sri Lankan cricket board has signed a $7.75 million deal with India's Sony Entertainment Television that gives the company rights to telecast all matches played on the Indian Ocean island.
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India have withdrawn from a three-match, one-day cricket series against world champions Australia scheduled for September, the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) said on Thursday.

Indian cricket chiefs have until today to provide assurances that they can host this year's ICC Cup.

Saturday?s Calcutta Cup rugby union clash between England and Scotland will definitely go ahead despite earlier fears it could be cancelled because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

An international tournament in India which promised to boast major players has been branded "a farce" after two teams withdrew, one was ruled ineligible and another failed to play because the team's baggage was delayed.

Pakistan's cricket board chief Lt. General Tauqir Zia on Thursday welcomed a bid to revive the Indian tour of Pakistan, called off last week due to political tensions over Kashmir.

An interim report by investigators into cricket match-fixing allegations is to be placed before Indian Parliament next month, according to the country?s sport minister.