Global Sport

Atlanta bid under IOC microscopeLONDON: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will investigate improprieties by its members d...

Atlanta bid under IOC microscope

LONDON: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will investigate improprieties by its members during Atlanta’s successful bid for 1996 summer games. IOC’s new ethics commission said it would study the report on the Atlanta bid submitted to the US Congress by former Attorney General Griffin Bell. The report detailed lavish gifts, scholarships, job assistance and other perks to IOC members by the Atlanta bid team.

MacGill fined

SYDNEY: Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has described as excessive and unreasonable his 1,500 dollar (about Rs 41,925) fine for swearing at a Colombo casino dealer. MacGill was today fined and reprimanded by Australian team management after the incident at the Bally Club casino on Sunday night.

Story continues below this ad

MacGill was at the casino with teammate Colin Miller and the Australian squad’s security officer, Reg Dickerson. MacGill, who had won about 580 US Dollars, said he complained to the supervisor after believing a dealer wascheating him.

Bacher wants more

NAIROBI: Ali Bacher, chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) development committee, said today the number of teams at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa should be increased from 12 to 14.

Bacher said Kenya and Bangladesh should be allowed automatic qualification for the World Cup.

Concacaf renamed

LAS VEGAS: After 38 years with an unwieldy name, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) will now be known as the Football Confederation. Organization president Jack Warner said, “now instead of an awkward acronym, we have three simple and appropriate words.”

Watson flays BBBC

Story continues below this ad

LONDON: Britain’s Michael Watson, who last week won a one-million-pound (about Rs 7.2 crore) lawsuit against the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC), slammed the organisation on Monday for claiming they cannot pay the compensation.

Watson was left in a coma and suffered brain damage after his Worldmiddleweight championship fight in 1991 ended in disaster. A London court decided that the ringside medical facilities were insufficient.