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Rogge praises ATHOC
IOC president Jacques Rogge was effusive in his praise for the Athens Games Organising Committee when he arrived in the city yesterday.
Invisible Olympic sponsors can still be winners
Despite an absence of media visibility, corporate sponsorship of the Athens Olympic Games can still have multiple marketing impacts for sponsors, according to a sponsorship marketing company.
Exclusive: IOC job offer?
The hunt for a new IOC marketing director is almost at an end, with Olympic chiefs set to offer the position to the successful candidate this weekend, sportbusiness.com can reveal.
Athens goods crackdown
The local organisers of the Athens Olympic Games have launched a new crackdown on unauthorised Olympic products as Greece braces itself for a flood of visitors flocking to the events.
Sponsors serve up conflict
A row between sponsors could block one of the world’s top tennis players competing in the Olympic tennis tournament.
Greenspan gets Athens film
The official film of the Athens Olympic Games will be made by New York’s Cappy Productions.
Athens’ $1.5bn security
Organisers of the Athens Olympic Games have confirmed security costs for the event have risen to a staggering $1.5bn.
Athens decorates for Games
Athens is to be given a major cosmetic overhaul prior to the start of the Olympic Games next month.
IOC confirms meeting
The IOC has confirmed details of its next Executive Board meeting.
Local ticket push
The people of Greece are being urged to snap up tickets to this summer’s Olympic Games as organisers make a final push to fill the numerous venues hosting the events.
Euroleague plots future
The Euroleague Assembly has approved a number of new committees – including marketing and finance – as it bids to boost basketball across the continent.
IOC convinced Athens will be ready
The IOC’s chief inspector of preparations for next month’s Athens Olympic Games says he expects all problems to be resolved before the event gets underway.
Euro TV smash
The total audience for the Euro 2004 soccer tournament is set to far outweigh that of the Super Bowl, a major new study is to reveal.
IOC set for $3bn TV bonanza
The IOC says it is set to smash the $3bn barrier in its latest round of TV sales for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Oswald’s trip to ecstatic Athens
The IOC’s chief inspector of preparations for the Athens Olympic Games will once again visit the Greek city this week with the Games’ opening ceremony less than 40 days away.
Olympic security meeting
Olympic security officials will top meet with international law enforcement agency Interpol today.
Swiss role for Payne
Michael Payne will stay in Switzerland – as predicted by sportbusiness.com six months ago – after confirming he is to quit the IOC after the Athens Olympic Games.
Portugal count the cost
The financial impact of staging soccer’s Euro 2004 may not be quite as great as originally hoped – according to a Portuguese government report.