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Superbowl.com, the NFL's official Super Bowl site, has gone live.

IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch has agreed to be quizzed by the US Justice Department as part of its probe into the Salt Lake City scandal.

The initial batch of 400,000 of the 1.2 million tickets available for next year's European soccer championships have all been sold, tournament director Alain Courtois has said.

International Olympic Committee chief Juan Antonio Samaranch presided over an historic weekend of change in Switzerland's Olympic capital but now faces a tougher test of his powers of influence.

The International Olympic Committee will launch six or seven television advertising spots next month as part of its campaign to promote the Olympic movement, a senior IOC executive has said.

Leading online sporting goods retailer, Fogdog Sports, has listed on Nasdaq following its initial public offering of six million shares at $18 per share.

NBA and Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Kobe Bryant has acquired a 50% equity interest in the Italian professional basketball team Olimpia Milano, the Italian Professional Basketball League (IPBL) franchise.

International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch has been grilled about corruption in the Olympic movement by a US Congressional panel which challenged him to back up his promise of sweeping changes with action.

Olympic chief Juan Antonio Samaranch said he would be prepared to return to the United States for further questioning about corruption in the Olympic movement.

Netcaddy.com, the leading online golf reservation portal, has signed agreements with thirteen different PGA sections throughout the United States.

Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox and Internet venture Ignite Sports Media have agreed a multi-year Internet media rights licensing contract.

Shares of Nike jumped more than 15% after the world's largest maker of athletic footwear and apparel posted better-than-expected earnings and its first quarterly sales rise in two years.

Sportvision, Inc., the leading sports media convergence company, has formed an advisory council to be chaired by San Francisco 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci.

Prize money for the Sanex WTA Tour will be increased by more than $3 million for the 2000 season, organisers have announced.

Washington Redskins minority owner Mortimer Zuckerman has said that he has agreed to sell his approximately 15 percent stake in the team to principal owner Daniel M. Snyder.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA is to lay down new guidelines to control on-screen virtual advertising during televised matches.