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Organisers of the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 have reported an 'impressive response' from contractual partners to the ticketing programme.

Strategic event management and corporate hospitality agency the SportsMark Management Group has opened an office in London to further service its clientele for the 2004 and 2006 Olympic Summer and Winter Games.

Amid concerns over costs, the Australian Olympic Committee has confirmed it will send a full-strength team to the Athens Games next year.

Cutbacks in the budget of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has led the governing body to question its ability to send out a full team to the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has completed a two-day visit to Athens to inspect tennis facilities being constructed for the 2004 Olympic Games.

The scandal-hit US Olympic Committee (USOC) wants its next chief executive officer to remain in the job until at least the 2004 Athens Olympics, according to the organisation's interim president, Bill Martin.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and his Croatian-born wife, Slavica, today announced their support for the Croatian city of Rijeka’s bid to host the XVI Mediterranean Games in 2009.

The Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organising Committee has announced that it will begin selling tickets to the event through its website as of May of this year.

Organisers of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games have signed a deal to use a number of cruise ships for hospitality purposes during the event.

Organisers of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games have unveiled full details of the Torch Relay programme - with Coca Cola heading the $19m sponsorship programme attached to it.

European Commission chief Mario Monti is pushing the IOC to agree to release 3G rights to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games - and Olympic chiefs are set to discuss the possibility this week.

SportBusiness Group has been retained by the UK Government's export opportunities department to help organise a British trade delegation to Athens.

Premier European basketball league the Euroleague has reported another surge in attendance figures, with total numbers up more than ten percent on the previous season.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet next week where the issue of scaling back the number of sporting disciplines at the Games is one of a number of items on the agenda.

UEFA president Lennart Johansson is the latest to express his opposition to the prospect of reintroducing the FIFA World Club Championship.

Following the completion of its two-day executive meeting in Athens, UEFA has announced that Champions League sponsor Amstel has renewed its backing of the competition.