Oceania

Adelaide City Force is the latest Australian soccer franchise to hit financial trouble with the club set to pull out of the National Soccer League (NSL) unless a white knight investor can be found.

Global Cricket Corporation's compensation claim following the Cricket World Cup earlier this year is set to loom large on the agenda of the ICC during a week-long series of meetings taking place in London.

The New Zealand Rugby Union has signed a major sponsor deal for the All Blacks.

Online European travel agency ebookers plc has signed a shirt sponsorship deal with the England Rugby Sevens.

FIFA has confirmed the Women's World Cup Finals will be staged in the US after being pulled out of China due to the SARS virus - as predicted more than four weeks ago on sportbusiness.com.

Australia's Seven Network has been hit by the departure of long-running director of sports and Olympics, Harold Anderson.

A six-member delegation from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is coming to London on May 30 to convince the bid committee of New Delhi’s suitability for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

According to the latest Sweeney Sports Report, soccer is beginning to challenge the popularity of more established sports in Australia while the Nutrigrain brand is making an impact in terms of sponsorship awareness in the country.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has appointed International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) to become the host broadcaster of the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

Allens Arthur Robinson has been appointed the official law firm for this year's Rugby World Cup in Australia.

FIFA has confirmed it will be a straight shoot-out between the US and Sweden to host the rescheduled Women's World Cup finals.

ESPNsoccernet.com has launched five regional versions of its site to segment its millions of visitors and increase impact for sponsors.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has confirmed the commonly held belief that the US is hot favourite to host the rescheduled Women's World Cup, after the event was pulled out of China because of the SARS epidemic.

The US is firm favourite to land the short-notice right to host the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament as the deadline looms later this week for bids to be submitted, following the decision to pull the event out of China because of the SARS epidemic.

The GEM Group's European division has been appointed to handle the marketing, PR and communications for two teams competing in sailing's Admirals Cup.

The newly launched Tennis Channel has signed a deal to broadcast the 'ATP Tennis' series after striking a deal with Sportsbrand Media Group.