Malaysia

Delegations from four cities bidding for the 2006 Asian Games will gather in the South Korean city of Pusan this weekend for last-minute lobbying ahead of Sunday's vote to decide the host city for the event.

India's federal cabinet has approved the staging of the 2006 Asian Games in New Delhi if the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) bid is successful.

Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, will host the 16th Commonwealth Games in September, 1998. Most of the sporting venues are in their final stages of completion.

Asia's economic crisis has begun to bite into Singapore's professional soccer league, with players being forced to take a pay cut, a source close to the island state's national team has said.

Malaysia's Deputy Sports Minister Datuk Loke Yuen Yow has said that Malaysia will bid to host subsequent Olympics even if it fails in its bid to hold the 2008 Games.

The Malysian national oil company Petronas have launched a four-month long campaign to promote their sponsorship of the Formula 1 Grand Prix race to be held in Sepang International Circuit this October.

The world's tallest buildings will play host to at least 40 daredevil skydivers from the United States, Europe and the Middle East in the first international base jumping tournament, Malaysian organisers said on Monday.

International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley should resign after the tragic start to the Formula One season, former driver Clay Regazzoni said on Wednesday.

BMCMedia has been appointed by the Walt Disney Internet Group to represent football web site Soccernet, in all major markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.

All ten cities hoping to stage the 2008 summer Olympics met yesterday?s deadline for replying to an international Olympic Committee questionnaire.

It's a mammoth task for Sukom Ninety-Eight, the Kuala Lumpur CommonwealthGames organisers, to raise the final 10 per cent of the RM310 million budgetwith less than 100 days to go, the New Straits Times reported.

The technology system for the Kuala Lumpur 98 Commonwealth Games will be fully tested for two days prior to the Games to ensure there are no hitches when the eventsstart.

Profits earned by the organisers of the 16th Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur'98, Sukom Ninety Eight Berhad, are to be released in December.

Retailer FJ Benjamin has scored an exclusive deal with English soccer champions Manchester United to sell club merchandise and set up a chain of theme stores and cafes across soccer-crazy South-east Asia.

Orange Arrows owner Tom Walkinshaw has recruited Hermann Tilke, the architect of Malaysia?s #110m ($156m) Sepang circuit, to design the projected new grand prix track in Moscow.

England soccer star David Beckham will be asked to kick off the Commonwealth Games in Manchester next year.