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Bangladesh will play their first overseas test against Zimbabwe in April, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said.

Alex Ferguson has said he would remain at Manchester United in a part-time role after stepping down as manager at the end of next season.

Ice Hockey Services Limited, the company which owns all of Scotland?s franchises for the UK?s Superleague ice hockey competition, is considering selling one.

The 2003 world badminton championships will be staged in Birmingham, English officials said after outbidding China, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.

Paris will stage the best Olympics ever if it wins the right to hold them in 2008, the bid organisers said in an official statement.

Lokomotiv Moscow's new 30,000 capacity stadium, Russia's first dedicated exclusively to soccer, will be opened in July 2001.

The English Rugby Football Union has confirmed that it has reached an agreement in principle over a four year agreement with the England squad, which has been ratified by the RFU Management Board.

Former Commonwealth 800 metres champion Diane Modahl went to London's High Court on Monday to seek damages for loss of earnings while she was serving a doping suspension.

Sportal and Ford of Europe have signed a deal to make Ford a key sponsor of the Sportal Network.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are in talks with a major energy company to take over from Cornhill Insurance as title sponsor of England's home test matches.

Wales has submitted a bid to the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) to host the 2009 Ryder Cup.

German soccer club Borussia Dortmund will offer up to 15 million shares, including a green-shoe option of 1.5 million shares, prior to listing on the Frankfurt bourse on October 31, lead underwriter Deutsche Bank has said.

Some of cricket's leading figures were anxiously awaiting news of their fate after the International Cricket Council (ICC) began its executive board meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.

Video-on-demand company Yes Television has launched its first dedicated sports channel.

The red shirt worn by England soccer legend Sir Geoff Hurst when he scored a hat-trick during the 1966 World Cup final victory over Germany is expected to fetch up to #30,000 ($44,000) at auction.

Police are to mount a huge security operation for the final game to be played at London?s Wembley Stadium, amid fears souvenir hunting fans could rip it to pieces.