Australia

Sydney Games organisers shut the main Olympic Park to people without tickets or day passes, saying the site could not cope with the growing crush.

Organisers of Beijing's 2008 Olympic bid have pledged that the Chinese capital would offer clean air and ensure freedom for the thousands of foreign journalists who would flock to the Games.

Weightlifting's world governing body on Tuesday defended its decision to accept a $50,000 fine to allow the Romanian team back into the Olympic Games.

The IAAF has awarded Melbourne the right to host athletics? 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final.

International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch will return to the Sydney Games today after attending a funeral service in Barcelona for his wife Maria Teresa Salisachs.

Reach for your mouse and your credit card - it's time for an Olympic flutter on the Internet.

The official website of the Sydney Games is currently in gold medal position on the information superhighway, said Nielsen NetRatings, a company which monitors internet hits.

Spanish and Portuguese internet sports portal SportsYA! has launched its special online Olympics service.

The president of the International Olympic Committee is in mourning following the death at the weekend of his wife.

Sydney Olympic Games organisers (SOCOG) have asked the New South Wales police to launch an investigation into a security breach that saw several athletes' accreditation passes being duplicated.

Promising a "utopia" for competitors, Toronto Olympic bid organisers have sought to rally athletes behind their campaign for the 2008 Games.

International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch will attend a funeral mass in Barcelona later today for his wife Maria Teresa Salisachs, who died on Saturday.

Olympics sailing organisers today were forced into a costly postponement of Tuesday's racing in the new 49er skiff class after a paint job began causing tears in the colourful skiffs' sailcloth.

Ticket touts have flown into Sydney from around the world but their hopes of making a fast buck from the Olympics have been dashed.

With only hours to go before the start of the millennium Olympics, troops were called in to combat chronic transport problems dogging the Games, but Aboriginal protests fizzled out.

The UK rugby Lions? Tours Committee and Octagon Marketing has appointed four official travel agents to help fans from the northern hemisphere travel to Australia next year and follow the team.