Malaysia
AUSTRALIAN CHANNELS AGREE TO PROMOTE MALAYSIAN GAMES
Three Australian TV stations have promised to airing programmes for the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games soon in efforts to help Malaysia intensify promotion of the event.
MAHATHIR HITS OUT AT UNFRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MEDIA
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has hit out on at
FIFA CONFIRMS OLYMPIC AGE LIMITS
The Organising Committee for the Olympic Football Tournaments, Sydney 2000, has reaffirmed their ruling on age limits, and announced that the Men's Olympic final will be played in Sydney's new Olympic Stadium.
MALAYSIA ‘WILL NOT SUPPORT’ ASIAN WORLD CUP BOYCOTT
Malaysia's ruling soccer body will not support Asia's tentative boycott of the 2002 World Cup over an extra berth, according to local newspaper reports.
SILVERSTONE SET FOR $60M REVAMP
British Grand Prix organisers plan a $60m (#42m) revamp of Silverstone to make it one of the world's best Formula One venues.
ESPN STAR ACQUIRES PREMIER LEAGUE RIGHTS
Asian sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the exclusive terrestrial, cable and satellite television broadcast rights of the English Premier League for the next three seasons beginning August 2001.
WTA SEASON-ENDING CHAMPIONSHIP MOVING TO GERMANY
The season-ending championships of the WTA Tour, a fixture in New York for 29 years, will be moved to Munich, Germany, beginning next year.
BRAZIL SAYS IT DESERVES TO HOST WC 2006
Brazil has told Asian nations that its bid for the 2006 World Cup combined passion and organisation and it deserved to host the tournament.
MALAYSIA DROPS CARLSBERG CASH AFTER PROTESTS
Predominantly Moslem Malaysia, bowing to pressures from Moslem-led groups, has dropped Danish brewery Carlsberg as a major sponsor of the Commonwealth Games starting in Kuala Lumpur in September.
BUSES FINDING THEIR WAY ON GAMES EVE
Drivers have got lost and some buses have simply not turned up, but team officials have said the biggest teething problem of the 16th Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur - transport - is getting better.
MALAYSIA BANS SOCCER IMPORTS
Malysian Youth and Sports Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has welcomed theFootball Association of Malaysia (FAM) decision to stop foreign imports in the Malysian League and Cup tournaments from next season.
BRUNEI UNDER SPOTLIGHT AS SEA GAMES HOST
The 20th Southeast Asian games begin on Saturday with attention focused as much on the tiny sultanate of Brunei as the actual competition itself.
AUSSIES: EMPIRE WILL STRIKE BACK IN MANCHESTER
Perry Crosswhite, general manager of Australia's team for next year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester, believes England will surpass them in the medal tally, citing the National Lottery for the host nation's sporting revolution.
POWERBOAT STANDARDS SET AS SERIES GETS UNDERWAY
The opening leg of the UIM Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, will be used as a benchmark for other venues of the 14-round UIM world championship
BEIJING TOUTS 2008 GAMES AS PANACEA FOR CITY ILLS
Beijing is eyeing the 2008 Olympics as a cure for problems ranging from choking smog to taxi-clogged streets, and as an image boost for the Communist capital.
NEW ASIAN SPORTS SITE LAUNCHED
A new Asia-specific sports web site - TotalSportsAsia.com - has gone live, following its official launch in Kuala Lumpur.
GAMES LICENCEES FIND TOUGH MARKET
Official licencees of merchandise for the Commonwealth Games have just overtwo months left to recover the millions of ringgit that they have invested,the New Straits Times reported.
OFFICIALS BLAST NEBIOLO OVER DATE CLASH
World athletic supremo Primo Nebiolo has been criticised for saying the scheduling clash between the World Cup in South Africa and the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games was the fault of Games organisers.