Boxing: The prospects of a third fight between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield were raised yesterday, when it was announced that Holyfield will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title in Beijing in May, with his opponent in the "brawl on the wall" to be "appointed" by the WBA. The $40 million fight is being promoted by American Champion Entertainment, Showtime and Don King Productions in conjunction with the Great Wall International Sports Media Company, according to press reports in China.
Holyfield, who has long hoped to fight in China, expects his opponent to be World Boxing Council champion Lewis.
Snooker: Feargal O'Brien progressed to the last 16 of the £440,000 Grand Prix at Telford by squeezing past Bradley Jones 5-4.
O'Brien led 4-2 but Jones pulled back to 4-4 with breaks of 60 and 82.
"I just wasn't capitalising on my chances towards the end. I even needed a second bite of the cherry in the decider," said O'Brien, who was mightily relieved after controlling the all-important ninth frame.
An all-Irish second-round encounter is now certain as O'Brien awaits the winner of the match between Ken Doherty and Patrick Wallace.
Drugs In Sport: The International Olympic Committee is investigating an alleged doping case which media reports suggest concerns Alexander Leipold, Germany's 76 kg freestyle wrestling gold medallist.
Heiner Henze, secretary general of Germany's Olympic committee (NOK), has been summoned to appear at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Shortly after the Sydney games closed the IOC confirmed the existence of two positive dope tests which ABC, the Australian television network, reported involved two weightlifters.
German regional daily Rheinpfalz reported at the weekend that "suspicion surrounding Alexander Leipold is growing".
Leipold (31), won gold despite nursing a broken nose for which he had received medical treatment. "He was given an injection by the team doctor, Frank Rauhut," the wrestler's coach, Willi Heckmann, said. "We notified all the right people," he added.
Cricket: The head of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) new anti-corruption body has ruled out an amnesty for matchfixers who came forward and confessed their crimes.
"I don't think there can be a blanket amnesty," Paul Condon told a news briefing in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, which staged the recent ICC knockout trophy. "It is a stark choice for those who are sitting on the knowledge they have done something wrong. They have a choice - either they can co-operate or wait and see what happens."
Condon, who is attending a closed-door ICC executive meeting in Nairobi, also vowed to investigate all areas of suspicion, saying "nothing and no one is sacred from review".
Rowing: James Morris of Commercial came home fastest in the opening time trial of the Dublin Sculling Ladder at Islandbridge on Saturday. On a day when youth was very much to the fore, Eimear Moran from Offaly was first woman home, in 32nd place.
Defending men's champion Albert Maher could not compete, and defending women's champion Ailis Holohan had taken part in a training session before the trial, although she was still the second woman home, in 45th overall.
