South Africa

South Africa's Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour has said his department would begin investigating the possibility of giving women the right to box.
Business

The Australian Rugby Union team, the Wallabies, have a new sponsor's name emblazoned on their jerseys. Vodafone Network, which is the third Australian mobile phone group, has paid about $A7 million in a naming rights sponsor deal.
Events

Brazil has said it would bid to stage the 2006 World Cup, and immediately received the backing of the South American Football Confederation (CSF).
Business

Xerox is to be an official sponsor of Rugby World Cup 1999 to be hosted by Welsh Rugby Union.
Media

Former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje opened on Wednesday his campaign to get a life ban overturned in the Pretoria High Court.

South African provincial cricket side Free State have played down suggestions Hansie Cronje will make a return to cricket with them if he wins his appeal against a life ban.

Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh is close to signing a A$1million (US$490,000, B
Events

The Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup are trading places on the calendar beginning next year.
Business

Former Australian test batsman and cricket administrator Barry Shepherd has died aged 64, the Australian Cricket Board has announced.
Events

South Africa will consider enforcing no-fly zones over cricket stadiums at the 2003 World Cup after last week's terrorist attacks on the US – as sporting events around the world tighten up on security.

The International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit is visiting South Africa this week for a series of meetings linked to security planning for the World Cup in 2003.
Business

South Africa's soccer authorities face a damning indictment from an inquiry into the Ellis Park disaster, analysts have said.
Events

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has angrily dismissed a rumour predicting the 2003 Rugby World Cup could be shifted from Australia and New Zealand to Europe.
Business

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Business

International sports leaders like to pretend to others, if not themselves, that sport is blissfully removed from politics.

World heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman is prohibited from fighting anyone else for the next 18 months unless he gives former title holder Lennox Lewis an immediate rematch, a U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) is hoping to raise US$3 million (B
Business

South African terrestrial channel e.tv has secured the exclusive TV rights to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.