Texaco awards

Texaco Awards: The annual Texaco sports awards will be chosen from the following disciplines: athletics, bowls, camogie, equestrian sports, Gaelic football, greyhound racing, golf, horse racing, hurling, women's Gaelic football, motor sport, racquet sports, rugby, sailing, soccer and swimming.

Cricket: India's cricket authorities yesterday deferred announcement of punitive action against Test players named in a federal match-fixing probe report until next Tuesday. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president A.C. Muthiah forecast the punishment would be "very strict" but legal opinion would be taken before any announcement was made.

Athletics: Electronic race walking shoes which send a warning signal when a walker has both feet off the ground may be introduced in time for next year's world championships in Edmonton, Canada. The shoes, devised by Canadian doctor Dennis Furlong, send an automatic signal to the judges when a walker has not maintained continuous contact with the ground. After two warnings for lifting a walker is automatically disqualified.