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TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Tournament co-host Japan will accept a FIFA proposal to hold a signing ceremony for the 2002 World Cup in Zurich on

Only 10 per cent of an expected 400,000 visitors to Japan from South Korea will be able to get a flight to the soccer World Cup next year, according to Chung Mong Joon, the co-chairman of the tournament?s organising committee.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said that there is still a possibility that North Korea may be able to host some 2002 World Cup matches.

Japan ended its dispute with South Korea on Thursday over which name should come first in official documents for the 2002 World Cup by deciding to leave out both of the host countries' names.

Less than three weeks before tickets for the 2002 World Cup go on sale, Japan's organisers were locked in a dispute with co-host South Korea over whose name appears first.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have accused the United States of covering up doping cases among U.S. athletes for more than a decade.

Japanese broadcast companies, including pay-TV companies, are ready to pay the highest amount ever committed to a Japanese televised sports event for the right to broadcast the World Cup 2002.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said it will continue to press the European Union for a special exemption to limit the affects of the Bosman ruling that opened up soccer to free agency.

Fox Sports World and Fox Sports World Espanol will televise delayed coverage of the Football Confederation Gold Cup 2000 tournament to viewers across the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2000.

The Sydney 2000 Olympics are in danger of becoming the

Japan and South Korea, co-hosts of the 2002 World Cup, are pushing ahead with their plans to build new stadiums despite the economic crisis in Asia.

The National Hockey League is unlikely to support efforts by the International Olympic Committee to develop a uniform drugs policy for North American professional sports, the head of the NHL players' association has said.

Leading Olympic official Marc Hodler said he had gone public with his allegations that agents tried to rig votes on the hosting of Games because he did not want Salt Lake City to be seen as "villains".

South Africa`s 2006 World Cup bid committee said it was vital for the future of soccer as a sport and the World Cup as a multi-billion dollar business that the African continent stage the finals in seven years' time.

The 2002 soccer World Cup, to be hosted in Japan and South Korea, looks set to kick-off earlier than previous tournaments to avoid potentially disruptive weather conditions.

The IOC cannot be expected to help China with any internal issues or foreign disputes during the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said.