Australia

An executive hired nine months ago to streamline the US Olympic Committee has resigned, saying he could not carry out his plans.

Wembley's new sports stadium could cost as much as #660m ($956.9m), nearly three times the original estimate.

More than 150 European Sydney Olympic gold medal winners will gather in Monte Carlo later this week at a special award ceremony organised by Eurosport.

Olympic tennis could suffer in 2004 because of a scheduling clash with the U.S. Open, Larry Scott, head of the ATP Tour, has said.

Toronto's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games picked up momentum this week with a timely convergence of enthusiastic public support and a C$1.5-billion ($1 billion) pledge by government to redevelop Toronto's waterfront - the centrepiece of Toronto's Olympic vision.

Sydney Paralympic Games organisers say they have sold 964,000 tickets after only three days of competition.

The capacity of Sydney Football Stadium may be increased to 50,000 with the expansion funded by the sale of naming rights, according to Australian press reports..

South African golfer Ernie Els has signed an investment and 10-year exclusive partnership deal with EighteenGlobal, the international golf company.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has confirmed that Sydney Olympics minister Michael Knight has been appointed to the Athens 2004 Games co-ordination commission.

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has appointed independent London-based advisors Oliver & Ohlbaum to find a purchaser for the federation?s global internet and broadcast rights.

Australia?s Ten Network and sports graphics company Pineapplehead Ltd will broadcast a virtual Melbourne Cup race before the officially gets underway next month.

Preparations for the Rugby League World Cup have been rocked by the threat of a players? boycott based on a labour dispute in New Zealand.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has presented the Olympic Cup to the people of Sydney for their fair play during the Sydney Olympics.

The Athens Olympics Organising Committee (ATHOC) has begun studying the bids for television production rights for the 2004 Games.

Some of cricket's leading figures were anxiously awaiting news of their fate after the International Cricket Council (ICC) began its executive board meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.

Sydney has embraced the Paralympics like no other, snapping up 800,000 tickets for the Games that open on Wednesday, 17 days after the Olympic closing ceremony.