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NASCAR has followed the lead of the NFL and Major League Baseball, by postponing its activities this weekend, in the light of the tragedy in the US early this week.

The National Football League (NFL) has cancelled all games this weekend as a mark of respect for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Tuesday.

UEFA has confirmed the new dates for all of this week’s postponed European soccer ties.

Formula One teams want control of the sport's revenues from 2008 but will respect existing agreements, says Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo - putting them on a collision course with Bernie Ecclestone (pictured).

South Korea has unveiled the fourth of its ten World Cup stadiums today with a friendly international against Nigeria.

The Ryder Cup competition became the focus of argument today after Colin Montgomerie called for the event to take place at the end of September despite moves to cancel it yesterday following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Tuesday.

Nasdaq-listed racetrack owners Churchill Downs Inc (CDI) will resume normal business operations at its six racetracks and nine off-track betting locations.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials have said plans to stage a Formula One race on September 30 are unchanged despite Tuesday's airliner attacks in New York and Washington.

Golf’s American Express Championship scheduled for this week at Bellerive Country Club has been cancelled after Tuesday's terror attacks on the US.

CART CEO Joseph Heitzler has confirmed this weekend’s inaugural European race will take place – as reported yesterday on sportbusiness.com.

Tennis tournaments in the US and Brazil will continue this week despite Tuesday's terror attacks in New York and Washington.

The International Olympic Committee said the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City will go ahead as scheduled between February 8-24.

Golf's Ryder Cup looks almost certain to become the latest victim of the terrorist monstrosity in the US yesterday - as sport is put on hold across the globe.

Glasgow Rangers’ appeal against playing its Uefa Cup tie in Dagestan has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Arlington Park has been named as the “conditional” host of the 2002 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships after Breeders’ Cup Ltd approved a tentative schedule through 2005.

The man who revolutionised athlete endorsements in the sport industry, Michael Jordan, looks set to announce next his week his return to the NBA.

The terrible events in the US yesterday caused havoc with sporting events across the globe with all Major League Baseball games last night called off, this week's UEFA European soccer ties postponed, and a question mark hanging over this weekend’s NFL ties and golf’s Ryder Cup later this month.

The New York Yankees has created its own television company called YES with hopes of doubling its broadcast revenues.