Reprieve for national sports body
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Scotland's national sports agency is set to win a partial reprieve, BBC Scotland understands.
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In some countries, the national spectator sport is soccer or tennis. In Ukraine, the joke goes, it's elections.
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Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has said that time has run out for the organisers of the British Grand Prix to save the race for the 2005 season.
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although not large ones - were given a reprieve yesterday from requirements imposed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals that they certify their financial controls.
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New Zealand&#39;s one-day cricket international against Sri Lanka scheduled on Wednesday has been postponed until January 11, but the tour will go ahead, it was announced on Monday.
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The NHL and the players&#39; association will resume talks next week in an effort to end the 78-day lockout and save the season. After nearly three months of silence on and off the ice
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The NHL and the players' association are talking again. With the season on the brink of being canceled, negotiations resumed late Thursday afternoon in New York and lasted for about five hours before breaking up shortly after 9 p.m. There were no immediate details released.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland  - Athletes and officials from athletics' world governing body have called for a return to four-year bans for sportsmen and women who participate in "proven aggravated doping cases".
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NEW YORK - The NHL and the playersâ association will resume talks next week in an effort to end the 78-day lockout and save the season.
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West Indies captain Brian Lara and other players could miss the one-day series in Australia in a contracts row. The West Indies Cricket Board said its selectors were meeting again to pick another squad for the January series.
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Â· Wiltshire town courts country's Olympic team  Â· Leisure centre could be put at athletes' disposal
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Scottish Premier League (SPL) officials are to have discussions in January about bringing back the popular three-week winter break.
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Running the country is no game. It just sounds like one sometimes. In the Bush White House, sports are a metaphor for life. Better keep up if you want to play.
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FIFA is set to impose a three-and-a-half-week break for players ahead of the next World Cup finals in 2006 as it attempts to come to terms with the issue of &quot;player burnout.
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Â· New case occurs less than a week after all clear  Â· Government imposes national movement ban
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Golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports are in the running for possible inclusion at the 2012 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it notified those five sports&#39; governing bodies
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The European Commission faces a battle with sport's governing bodies over its ability to regulate sport.