Australia
SAMSUNG RENEWS OLYMPIC SPONSORSHIP
Worldwide Olympic Partner Samsung Electronics has unveiled the centrepiece of its $200 million global marketing campaign and signed an agreement to continue its sponsorship for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games and the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.
ZEN-RUFFINEN: `2002 WORLD CUP GAMES COULD BE PLAYED IN NORTH KOREA?
A FIFA official has said some 2002 World Cup soccer matches could be staged in North Korea after the two Koreas agreed to march under the same flag at the Olympic Games.
SOCCER SITE SET FOR OLYMPICS
Internetsoccer.com will be featuring audio coverage direct from Australia as men's and women's national soccer teams go for gold.
IOC: `SYDNEY CAN HANDLE PROTESTS?
The International Olympic Committee has said it was confident Sydney authorities would cope if protesters who disrupted a World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne also targeted the Olympics.
U.S. DREAM TEAM TRAPPED BY MELBOURNE PROTESTS
The U.S. men's basketball "Dream Team" were trapped in their hotel on Monday by a demonstration against a World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne.
OLYMPICS GETTING TOO BIG, SAYS SENIOR IOC OFFICIAL
The Olympic Games have become too big to be hosted by less developed nations and must be scaled back, says senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Jacques Rogge.
IOC CHIEF PRAISES SYDNEY ATHLETES’ VILLAGE
International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch has said that the athletes' village for the Sydney Games is possibly the best in the history of the Olympics.
IOC ETHICS COMMISSION SEEKS BAN ON ATHLETES’ BETTING
The International Olympic Committee's ethics commission has said it wants to ban athletes from betting on their own or their rivals' performances.
EUROSPORT SIGNS INMOTION DEAL FOR OLYMPICS
Eurosport has signed a deal with InMotion Technologies, the Swiss-based company specialising in digital imaging applications, for use of VideoFinish footage from the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
ADIDAS BEATS OFFICIAL OLYMPIC SPONSOR NIKE-SURVEY
Sports goods maker adidas has beaten rival Nike as the brand British consumers associate most with the Olympic Games even though it is not an official sponsor, according to a new survey.
IHF NAMES MEDIA MAN
The International Hockey Federation has appointed its media officer for the Sydney Olympics.
BRITISH CHIEF WELCOMES DOPING CRACKDOWN
The chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) has welcomed attempts to stamp out drugs in sport and said the British team had nothing to hide.
TENNIS SPONSOR ROW RESOLVED ? KUERTEN GOES TO GAMES
Gustavo Kuerten will compete in the Sydney Olympics after a deal between sponsors and the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) ended a spat about what he should wear at the Games.
SYDNEY TO HOST MASTERS CUP
Sydney will host the 2001 Masters Cup after Sao Paulo withdrew its offer to stage the lucrative season-ending tournament, tennis officials said.
PM QUIZZED OVER AUSTRALIAN ENTRY REFUSAL
Olympic leaders have asked Australian Prime Minister John Howard why two accredited officials for the Sydney Games had been refused entry to the country.
SEVEN NETWORK BUOYANT AHEAD OF GAMES
Kerry Stokes, chief executive of Australia?s Seven Network, has forecast a profitable Olympic Games for the company but he would not predict how it would rate, saying only that the ratings would be good.
OLYMPIC SOCCER TO BREAK MILLION SPECTATOR MARK
More than a million spectators are expected to watch the men's and women's soccer events at the Sydney Olympics Games, tournament director Peter Hugg has said.
OLYMPIANS FLOCK TO IBM EMAIL SCHEME
Check your training times, check your event schedule, but first make sure you check your e-mail. Sport may be the aim of the Olympic Games but web-surfing runs a close second at the Athletes Village in Sydney. For the full details see the `FEATURES? section of SportBusiness.com.