South America
Events

The Copa America outstripped the Superbowl and World Series amongst American Hispanics according to research out on Sunday.

China has set up a 76-member committee to organise Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Argentina are to host the 2001 World Cup Sevens, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced.

Lisbon is expected to launch its second bid this year to host a major sports event.
Media

Argentine soccer players are planning to go on strike for the second time this year over unpaid wages and bonuses.
Business

Argentine soccer players, who have been on strike for over a week in protest at unpaid wages and bonuses, want clubs to be relegated if they do not pay on time.

Soccer legend Diego Maradona was met on his arrival in Rome on Thursday by tax authorities and police who told him he owed about 50 billion lire ($24.6 million) to Italian tax authorities, police sources said.
Events

ESPN is to broadcast live coverage of a major golf tournament in Argentina later this year.

Argentina's soccer players are to go on strike this weekend in protest at on-pitch violence after a third division player was beaten by fans of the opposing team.
Business

The president of the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCh), Sergio Santander, has handed in a letter of resignation after he was accused of corruption in Salt Lake City's successful bid to host the 2002 Winter Games.
Stadia

India will host an international soccer tournament next January.
Business

A new Brazilian law preventing a company from controlling or sponsoring more than one football club came into being last week, according to the soccer industry newsletter, The Soccer Investor Weekly Bulletin.
Events

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has repeated that he felt the the World Cup finals in 2006 should go to Africa.

Around one million people were expected to descend on to the streets of Paris on Tuesday for a flamboyant spectacle to launch the World Cup, the world's largest sporting event.
Business

The tournament turned France into a nation of soccer enthusiasts, with pre-competition sales of new television sets and video recorders soaring

Soccer legend Pele is to end his fling with politics, according to a report in USA Today.

Events

Inspired by the ground breaking success of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in
Business

Sponsors of soccer's world famous FA Cup competition are holding crisis talks over fears holders Manchester United will pull-out of this year's tournament.