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Commercial broadcast coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games in Mexico has been dominated by TV Azteca over it rival company Televisa.

United States swimming double gold medallist Megan Quann has signed a representation contract with Octagon to handle her professional swimming career.

Nike Australia could cash in on the impact of Cathy Freeman?s Olympic 400-metre victory by marketing the ?Swiftsuit? she wore as a retail product.

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.

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.

NBC/Quokka Ventures (NQV), a joint venture of NBC and Quokka Sports have unveiled Action Tracker on NBCOlympics.com. Action Tracker delivers up-to-the-minute results, pictures and streaming commentary on some of the biggest events of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

The Oceania Football Confederation's extraordinary congress called to elect a new president ended in disarray on Thursday without the vote being taken.

The Sydney Olympics have a long way to go before they will be remembered as the "Drugs Games" but, after years of scandals, Olympic leaders have admitted that doping is "everywhere". Find out how the IOC, sponsors and broadcasters are reacting by reading the full story in the `FEATURES? section of Sportbusiness.com.

Tourism is the big winner of the Sydney Olympics, Australia's tourist chief has said, predicting an extra 1.6 million extra visitors in the decade straddling the 2000 Games. For the full story see the `FEATURES? section of Sportbusiness.com.

Sydney airport is gearing up for "Manic Monday" - when thousands of athletes, officials and fans from the Olympics start flying home at the beginning of next week.

The body suit Australian running sensation Cathy Freeman wore in winning her Olympics 400 metres gold medal will be put up for sale next week, auction house Christie's has said.

Eurosport has achieved its biggest ever audience figures, twice in only eight days, thanks to its coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games.

A carnival atmosphere has swept Sydney in the past two weeks, but some investors are worried about the hangover at the end of it. Find out the full story in the `FEATURES? section of Sportbusiness.com.

Four years after the "Glitch Games" of Atlanta, IBM looks set to end 40 years of Olympic involvement on a high note.

The Oceania Football Confederation is expected to elect Australian Basil Scarsella as its new president on Thursday in place of New Zealand's Charlie Dempsey who controversially quit the post in July.

An F-111 fighter bomber will ignite a massive plume of flame over the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to start a stunning fireworks finale to the Sydney Games.