South Africa

South African doctors battled through the night to save the lives of several children critically injured in a stampede that killed at least 43 people during a soccer match in Johannesburg.

Sky Sports? digital viewers will be able to listen to everything the referee says when it launches Ref-Link for England?s Six Nations rugby clash with Italy at Twickenham, London on Saturday.

Synchro Systems have been appointed by the West Indies Cricket Board to supply project management and ticketing systems for the 2001 Tour.

US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem believes the Presidents Cup has a bright future, whether or not the American players embrace the event.

The International Cricket Council is to investigate the use of technology to determine LBW decisions.

The FIFA executive committee meet today for the first time since the controversial vote on the 2006 World Cup host.

Controversial FIFA executive committee member Charles Dempsey ? the man who abstained in the final round of voting for the host of the 2006 World Cup ? has quit as head of the Oceania Football Confederation today.

A German satirical magazine has said it had sent hoax faxes to FIFA delegates this week urging them to vote for Germany as the host of the 2006 World Cup in return for a gift.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA said "no sanctions were foreseen" against Brazil for pulling out of the race to host the 2006 World Cup at the 11th hour.

England's bid to stage the 2006 World Cup finals appears to have been dealt a fatal blow by the violent behaviour of the hooligans who caused mayhem over the weekend in Belgium, according to senior FIFA figures.

Africa should host a soccer World Cup but not the 2006 tournament, said Franz Beckenbauer, who is leading Germany's bid to stage the event.

Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of the International Cricket Council, has said allegations of match-fixing by four South African players would be probed once the ICC had been officially informed.

Danny Jordaan made a powerful appeal to FIFA's executive committee to end the cycle of European domination of world soccer by handing South Africa the 2006 World Cup finals.

The chief executive officer of South Africa's bid committee for the 2006 Soccer World Cup has told the South African Cabinet that he is extremly confident the country will be awarded the event, the Pan African News Agency reports.

Nairobi will host the 2000 International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day knockout tournament between the nine test playing nations, the ICC has confirmed.

Sportal, the Internet sports company, has agreed a five-year deal with the South Africa Rugby Football Union (SARFU) and South African investment company SAIL Media to develop www.sarfu.org.za, the official South Africa rugby site.