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SportelAsia has been postponed for the second year running, amid a fear the SARS virus could reawaken over the winter months.

Aerial Camera Systems (ACS) has won the deal to provide track and remote camera systems for the World Athletics Championships in Paris later this year.

The postponed global soccer conference Soccerex 2003 will now take place in Dubai on 29 and 30 November.

The FIFA World Youth Championships have been rescheduled.

This year's Sharjah Cup cricket tournament could be called off later today, following South Africa's decision to pull-out of the event.

The war in the Middle East has claimed its latest sporting victim after South Africa's national cricket team pulled out of next week's Sharjah Cup.

The crisis in the Middle East is continuing to impact on sport after the second leg of the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup 2003 was cancelled.

Horse racing's Dubai World Cup has reiterated the race is still set to run despite concerns of war in the Middle East.

Soccerex, the industry event due to take place in Dubai next month has been postponed due to the political crisis in the Middle East.

FIFA's World Youth Championship has become the first major sporting event to fall victim to the heightening political tension in the Middle East

A number of major sport events face an uncertain future as the crisis in the Middle East continues its relentless march towards warfare.

Headed up by the soccer governing body's president Sepp Blatter, a series of FIFA committee meetings kicks off next week with a status report on preparations for the 2006 World Cup in Germany and the potential for a FIFA Club World Championship in 2005 among the issues on the agenda.

Sport could be set to see the first major impact of heightened political tension in the Middle East, after golf sensation Tiger Woods admitted he may pull out of next week's European Tour event in Dubai.

As the NASCAR season gets underway, the US motor sports series has announced that its international broadcast strategy is gathering pace.

FIFA has signed its latest official partner for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Soccerex 2003 has confirmed the inclusion of a number of new exhibitors attending this year's event at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai on March 23-24.

Representatives from both the English Football Association and Premier League will attend Soccerex 2003, organisers have confirmed.

Formula One is to confirm this week it will be heading to China - at least according to the company building a major new circuit in Shanghai.