Americas
OLYMPIC CHIEF SAYS SHAKE-UP NEEDED IF RUSSIA TO KEEP PACE
Russian Olympic officials have warned that a shake-up is urgently needed if the country is to keep pace with other leading nations.
UK SET FOR $60m WINDFALL AFTER OLYMPIC GOLD TALLY
The UK is set to cash in on the gold-medal winning success of its athletes in Sydney.
NBC RECORDS LOWEST GAMES FIGURES FOR 32 YEARS
The United States may have grabbed the most gold medals, but NBC's tape-delayed coverage of the Summer Games from Sydney limped across the finish line at a 32-year low in Olympic television ratings. For the full story see the `FEATURES? section of sportbusiness.com.
ESPN ASIA EXEC TO HEAD UP ESPN INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
ESPN has promoted Russell Wolff, senior vice president of programming and event management for ESPN STAR Sport (ESS) in Asia, to senior vice president, ESPN International.
MAYOR CALLS FOR CLUBS TO PAY THIRD OF NEW STADIA COSTS
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has said that the city's two baseball teams, the Mets and the Yankees, each should pay about one-third of the cost of any new stadiums.
OCTAGON SIGNS UP DOUBLE SWIMMING GOLD MEDALLIST
United States swimming double gold medallist Megan Quann has signed a representation contract with Octagon to handle her professional swimming career.
TICKETS.COM PREPARES FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Tickets.com, the official ticket supplier to the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games, will make tickets available for online purchase, commencing October 10, 2000.
?WE’LL DO IT" SAYS ATHENS GAMES CHIEF
The woman running a race against the clock to stage the 2004 Olympics in Athens has dismissed talk that the city could lose the Games and said the Greek capital would lay on a sporting show to rival Sydney's success.
GOLFSERV ADDS IWON AND NYPOST.COM TO NETWORK.
GolfServ Online, the provider of syndicated golf-related online content and services, has signed a partnership agreement with internet site iWon and Nypost.com, the online version of the New York Post published by News Corporation.
TRACK AND FIELD CHIEF REJECTS WHITE HOUSE CALL
US athletics head Craig Masback has rejected a call by White House drugs chief General Barry McCaffrey to release immediately the names of all American athletes who have tested positive for drugs.
IBM SET TO TAKE GOLD ? THEN RETIRE FROM GAMES
Four years after the "Glitch Games" of Atlanta, IBM looks set to end 40 years of Olympic involvement on a high note.
PSN TAKES OVER MAJORITY SHARE IN F1 TEAM AS RUMI SELLS UP
Minardi chairman Gabriele Rumi says he has sold his 70 percent stake in the Italian Formula One team to the Pan American Sports Network International (PSN) cable and satellite company.
STADIUM EXPERTS LAUNCH SPORTS FACILITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
US-based Scheer-Stern Development and The Stadium Game have merged to form ScheerGame Sports Development,LLC, a turnkey sports and entertainment venue development company.
GAMES SITE SMASHES 7.2 BILLION MARK
The official Olympic Games internet site has already attracted 7.2 billion hits, surpassing the original estimate of 6.5 billion with six days of competition still remaining.
NBCOLYMPICS.COM OUTPACES INTERNET COMPETITION
NBCOlympics.com has been ranked as the leading Olympic web site in the United States through the first six days of the Olympic Games, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
CHINA NOT READY FOR WAP CHARGES
China's largest mobile phone company has postponed plans to begin charging customers for wireless internet service, citing slack demand.
REDGRAVE SEEKS NEW FORMULA ONE SERIES FOR ROWING.
Britain's five-times Olympic rowing champion Steve Redgrave is hoping to launch a new Formula One-styled championship for the sport.
COWBOYS? TRAINING CAMP PROJECT ON HOLD
The Dallas Cowboys? plans to relocate its training camp to the Rio Grande Valley next summer are off because the project's developer deems it "impossible" to meet a July 2001 deadline.