Russia

Osaka is not ready to throw in the towel in the race to stage the 2008 summer Olympic Games, bid officials have said.

France's world-beating soccer team will come out on Tuesday in support of Paris's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

The Salt Lake City bribery scandal is likely to haunt the next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in his first year in charge, according to prospective candidate Jacques Rogge.

The Russian Football Union is asking the government to bankroll its bid to host the European soccer championship in 2008.

Japan has thrown its hat into the ring to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, officially entering Osaka as its candidate and vowing a "clean" campaign to win the right to hold the games.

International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo has insisted it was safe to stage the Grand Prix final in Moscow.

Action Sports International, a multi-dimensional company that manufactures, distributes and licenses Generation X and Y products have signed a distribution agreement with Trans National Sports one of the largest Eastern European distributors of sporting goods and apparel.

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.

A cabinet minister and kimono-clad young women turned out to greet Olympics inspectors when they arrived on Sunday in Japan's western metropolis Osaka to evaluate its bid to stage the 2008 Summer Games.

Eleven doping control laboratories were shown the "yellow card" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for failing to comply with guidelines.

FIBA, forced to revamp its new flagship SuproLeague basketball tournament after a mass breakaway by clubs, has made the draw for next season.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has issued a stiff warning to top European clubs tempted to join a breakaway league.

Six more of Europe's most prominent soccer clubs were invited on Monday to attend a meeting of the newly-formed UEFA Task Force on Friday to discuss the future of the game on the continent.

In a move aimed to ensure Europe's elite clubs have a say in European competition decision-making, a UEFA Club Advisory Board is to be created comprising members of some of Europe's top clubs. The clubs will co-operate with the Committee for the UEFA Club Competitions.

A US government official has stated that President George Bush will not block Bejing?s bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, despite the current political unrest between the US and China.

Russia could hold a Formula One race within two to three years if a new circuit near Moscow is completed on schedule, Bernie Ecclestone was quoted as saying on Friday.