Sub-Saharan Africa
Lewis’s bid for title fight goes to trial
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis's lawsuit to force champion Hasim Rahman to make his first title defense against the Briton has begun in the U.S. Federal court.
South Africa in bid for soccer finals
South Africa are to bid to stage soccer’s 2006 African Nations Cup finals.
Great big events extends ACB contract
Sport presentation and production company, Great Big Events (GBE), has been appointed the ‘Official Sport Presentation Partner’ of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) for the next three years.
Australia to get fourth Super 12 team
Australia has been successful in its bid to field a fourth Super 12 rugby union team but will have to wait until 2003.
Congo takes Real Madrid to court
Colombian Edwin Congo has taken his case against European soccer giants Real Madrid to the Spanish league, La Liga Profesional de Futbol (LPF).
Cronje denies wrongdoing over bank transactions
Former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje has rejected all allegations of secret bank accounts and deposits levelled against him in a weekend newspaper.
New triangular cricket tournament announced
New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are to feature in a triangular cricket series with increased prize money, tentatively scheduled for April 10-19 next year.
Samaranch out of intensive care
Juan Antonio Samaranch has left the intensive care unit of the Swiss hospital he has been in for a week after suffering from chronic fatigue.
Kalmadi withdraws from IAAF presidency race
Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Asian Amateur Athletic Federation, has written to the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) officially withdrawing from the race for the IAAF presidency.
Kazakhstan quits Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed the Kazakhstan Football Association has resigned from the regional body.
ESPN wins court battle with Indian cable firm
US sports network ESPN has won its legal battle with Indian cable operator InCablenet over the under-declaration of subscriber numbers, after the Mumbai High Court in New Delhi ordered the latter to pay the relevant compensation to ESPN.
Stewart to meet Condon over matchfixing claims
Acting England captain Alec Stewart is to organise a meeting with International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption investigators early next week.
Ghana police to blame for soccer deaths, says report
A Ghanaian panel probing Africa's worst sports disaster recommended a number of policemen be prosecuted for their role in the death of 126 soccer fans at Accra's stadium in May, a panel member has said
ICC will not ‘name and shame’ players
Knowing more about the extent and nature of match-fixing within the game of cricket is more important than ‘naming and shaming’ individual players, according to Sir Paul Condon, director of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti Corruption Unit (ACU).
Bubka set to clear new height in sport’s boardroom
World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.
Tyson-Lewis fights to raise $160M
The highest grossing fights ever are expected to take place at the end of this year when British boxer Lennox Lewis finally challenges Mike Tyson in the boxing ring for an estimated sum of $160million.
Stadium given one-year ban after stabbing
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned for a year all African club soccer at the national soccer stadium in Dar-es-Salaam after a stabbing incident in a match there in May.
New Zealand rugby threatens fourth Australian super 12 team
New Zealand rugby union officials have threatened to block the addition of a fourth Australian team to an expanded Super 12 series next year.