MELBOURNE GAMES SUFFERS $100M COST HIKE
The budget for Melbourne's 2006 Commonwealth Games has ballooned to A$400 million, a substantial increase over initial estimates.
MAN UNITED `MAY BE FORCED TO CHANGE BUSINESS MODEL?
Manchester United PLC may have to rethink its business model amid European Union moves to outlaw the lucrative fees that soccer clubs demand when they sell players, according to a company executive.
ISWI RENEWS DEAL TO BOOST INVESTMENT AND MEDIA AWARENESS
International Sports Wagering Inc (ISWI), the US-based online gambling software firm, has retained Hayden Communications to heighten awareness of the company in the professional investment and media communities.
BUBKA ELECTED ON TO IOC
Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergei Bubka has been elected to the IOC?s executive board.
INTERNATIONAL SPORT STILL SADDLED WITH DRUG CHEATS.
International sport is still saddled with a hard core of drug cheats even though the Sydney Olympics were not struck by a doping epidemic.
GLOBAL OLYMPIC TV RATINGS OFFSET NBC PERFORMANCE
The disappointing ratings for Olympic coverage on NBC in the US have been offset by more encouraging figures around the world.
?BEST EVER" GAMES BOW OUT IN STYLE
Fears of chaos at Sydney airport proved groundless as the world's top athletes headed smoothly home after what was hailed as the best Olympics ever.
SYDNEY GIVES IOC BRIEF RESPITE FROM BRIBERY SCANDAL
Sydney's successful Games took the spotlight away from the Olympic bribery scandal for a few weeks but the Salt Lake City affair is not over yet.
LABOUR DISPUTE NO THREAT TO BASEBALL TV CASH
If there's a strike or lockout that causes Major League Baseball?s new broadcast partners Fox to lose games in 2002, baseball owners are still guaranteed their money from the recently signed $2.5 billion, six-year deal.
WOMEN?S BRITISH OPEN WINS MAJOR STATUS
The Women's British Open has replaced Canada?s now-defunct du Maurier Classic as the fourth ?major? championship on the LPGA Tour.