Russia

American Anita DeFrantz has officially declared she will be a candidate to succeed Juan Antonio Samaranch as president of the International Olympic Committee, according to local media reports.

Russian league officials warned Zenit St Petersburg on Thursday they risked having their stadium closed following several violent clashes between rival fans and police this season.

The International Amateur Athletic Federation has said it will still stage the Golden League-Grand Prix final in Moscow on September 5 despite calls for the venue to be changed.

Osaka, Japan's second largest city, has formally launched its bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics saying its campaign would mark the rebirth of "clean" Games.

Ninety percent of the population of Beijing tuned into the broadcast of the Olympic vote on the host city for the 2008 Games which saw the Chinese capital emerge victorious.

Jacques Rogge, a Belgian surgeon who has won a reputation for fixing the pains and strains of organising Olympic Games, on Monday joined the race for world sport's most powerful job - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

Jan Zelezny, winner of three Olympic javelin gold medals and one of a dozen active athletes who are members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has warned against awarding the 2008 Games to Beijing.

Holders Real Madrid will find out their first opponents in the 2000/2001 Champions League on

The Goodwill Games are only half way to their ticket sales goal with the launch of the multi-sport extravaganza just four days away, but the top Games organiser is not concerned.

Russian basketball champions CSKA Moscow have called off Friday's friendly against Partizan Belgrade because the Yugoslav side cannot travel to Russia.

Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has been taken to hospital in Lausanne suffering from "extreme tiredness", the International Olympic Committee has confirmed to sportbusiness.com.

South Korean Kim Un-yong has joined the race for world sport's most powerful job -- the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

French League president Gerard Bourgoin promised that tough action would be taken in the wake of the false passports scandal that has rocked the sport -- and that teams will be docked points if found guilty.

Dozens of Moscow soccer hooligans were arrested on Sunday after clashes with police at a Russian premier division match between Zenit St Petersburg and Torpedo Moscow.

Brisbane's selection to host the Goodwill Games in 2001 would provide the city with its biggest event since the 1988 Expo, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has said.

Three Russian sports bodies have been forced to call off tours to the United States because of the Kosovo crisis.