Greece
SWEDISH PROBE INTO `BRIBE? CLAIMS OVER OLYMPIC BID
The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.
2004 BOSS APPEALS TO GREEK POLITICIANS FOR UNITY
The chief organiser of the troubled Athens 2004 Olympics has appealed to Greek politicians today to stop bickering and unite behind a national cause.
GREECE ENDS 2004 SALARIES ROW AHEAD OF IOC VISIT
The Greek government and 2004 Games organisers have ended a row over salaries ahead of a visit by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) next month to evaluate progress on the Athens Olympics.
UNRIVALED PARALYMPICS CARNIVAL FINALLY OVER
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Robert Steadward has declared the Paralympic Games, the best Games ever, as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch had done on October 1. Steadward said the Paralympics had had been "an absolutely outstanding event".
ARCHITECTS BLAST ATHENS OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLANS
French and Greek architects who won a design contest for Athens's 2004 Olympic village slammed the final plan of their concept as a "bastard" version in the latest row to hit Greece's troubled Games.
US OPEN SET TO CLASH WITH OLYMPICS
Olympic tennis could suffer in 2004 because of a scheduling clash with the U.S. Open, Larry Scott, head of the ATP Tour, has said.
LATEST ATHENS CASUALTY AS CULTURAL CHIEF QUITS
Greece's 2004 Cultural Olympics boss has resigned, saying he could not cope with the bureacracy involved, his office said on Monday.
KNIGHT APPOINTED TO ATHENS COMMISSION
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has confirmed that Sydney Olympics minister Michael Knight has been appointed to the Athens 2004 Games co-ordination commission.
GREEK PM SACKS ATHENS OLYMPICS OFFICIAL
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis has sacked a senior 2004 Athens Games organiser for publicly squabbling with a minister a day after the premier had called for restraint.
ATHENS CONSIDERS HOST BROADCASTER BIDS
The Athens Olympics Organising Committee (ATHOC) has begun studying the bids for television production rights for the 2004 Games.
ATHENS HEROINE FACES TOUGH TIMES OVER GAMES
Three years ago Gianna Angelopoulou could do no wrong. Hailed as a national heroine, she basked in the international limelight, and the Greek public's adoration as the woman who succeeded in bringing the 2004 Olympics to Greece.
GREEK LEAGUE SUSPENSION WILL NOT IMPACT ON CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SAY CLUBS
A two-week suspension of Greek domestic football will have no impact on UEFA Champions League fixtures involving Greek teams, both involved clubs said on Friday.
ROGGE: ?ATHENS WILL BE READY ON TIME?
International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Jacques Rogge said on Friday that he believed Greece would be ready to host the 2004 Games, despite concern over delays.
GREEK FA SUSPENDS LEAGUE
The Greek Football Association (FA) has announced a two-week suspension of domestic fixtures in a clash with the national sports ministry.
ATHENS CONFIDENT OF PARALYMPICS, DESPITE DELAYS
Athens will host the 2004 Paralympics, despite delays in signing the contract with the International Paralympics Committee (IPC), Greek officials have said.
ATHENS GAMES STILL NOT ON TRACK, SAYS IOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stepped in once more to keep Greek preparations to host the 2004 Olympics on schedule.
ROW LOOMS OVER PARALYMPIC FLAG
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has placed in doubt the handing over of the Paralympic flag to the next host city, Athens, when the Sydney Paralympic Games close on October 29.
AIR SPORTS FEDERATION SIGNS WITH DISCOVERY DIGITAL NETWORK
Universal McCann Event, McCann Erickson?s sports marketing department in Paris, has brokered a partnership agreement between Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body for air sports, and Discovery Wings Channel, the North American channel for air sports enthusiasts.