CYCLISTS SIGN UP WITH NEW TEAM SPONSOR
Two of the riders representing Spain at the Sydney Olympics will be joining the Linda McCartney Foods Procycling team next season a spokesman for their present team has confirmed.
SYDNEY 2000 HEADING FOR A SELL-OUT
Sydney 2000 is heading for a sell-out with only 400,000 tickets left for the last 10 days of the millennium Olympics, according to Games? organisers.
SAMARANCH BACK IN CONTROL AFTER TRAGEDY
IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has made his first public appearance in Sydney since the death of his wife at the weekend.
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM FUNDS GILBERT MBI
The #11million ($17m) management buy in of the global rugby brand James Gilbert Limited has been supported by a major private equity company
NBC OLYMPICS WEB SITE LOSES APPEAL
NBC, already feeling the heat from disappointing TV ratings for its Olympics coverage, has suffered another blow, when traffic to its Olympics web site reportedly fell 35 percent among home users in one day.
YANKEES MOVE OUT OF BRONX HITS STUMBLING BLOCK
New York Gov. George Pataki has balked at letting the Yankees baseball team quit their fabled home in the Bronx and move into a gargantuan new stadium which the mayor of New York City wants to build on Manhattan's West Side.
OLYMPICS SEND EUROSPORT FIGURES SOARING
Eurosport achieved it?s biggest ever audience figures on Sunday with its Olympic Games coverage.
GIANTS RETURF DAMAGED PITCH
The New York Giants have replaced the centre section of its new grass field, prior to Sunday night?s game against the Washington Redskins.
INTERNET EXEC JOINS ONLINE SPORTS AWARD TEAM
The Atlanta Sports Council has appointed Wain Kellum, CEO of e-business solution provider Extreme Logic, to the executive board of the first annual Horizon Awards set up to honour leaders and innovators in sports business and web sports.
COMPAQ SEEKS SAN JOSE NAMING RIGHTS
Compaq Computer Corp is looking to put its name on the San Jose Arena, home to the San Jose Sharks.