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The Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) has foreshadowed an efficient, workable display of technology for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, to avoid repeating the extravagant debacles of the Atlanta 1996 Games.
Business

Swedish Minister of Sports, Lars Enqvist, has made an energetic start at his new role. Along with Olof Stenhammar, former campaign-leader for Stockholm's 2004 bid for the Summer Olympics, Engqvist has presented a plan to make Sweden an Olympic force.
Media

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's Fox Group on has announced a news conference amid speculation it was set to expand its sports holdings from baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers to basketball's L.A. Lakers.
Business

Rupert Murdoch's Fox Group has expanded its sports empire by pushing ahead with an agreement to take a stake in a new arena in Loa Angeles and options in the Los Angeles Lakers basketball and Kings hockey teams.

Atlanta based womens professional baseball team The Silver Bullets, have been forced to disband after failing to secure a sponsor. Paul Beckham, co-owner of the team, said they will use 1999 to find new sponsors .
Business

With the Women's World Cup headed to the United States next year, soccer officials are taking a long look at developing a professional league.
Business

New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Monday has announced a financing plan to build a new baseball stadium for the Yankees, but he won't say where it will be.

US LAWYER Alan Caplan says he and his colleagues have launched court action in California against Nike, alleging that it is deceiving consumers over the working conditions in its Asian factories, The Australian reports.
Media

The Sydney 2000 Olympics are in danger of becoming the
Business

Sports management groups in Australia say that sponsorship dollars are harder to come by because they are being siphoned off to Olympic contracts, the Australian Financial review reports.
Business

International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch says he will welcome NHL players at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Events

Average ticket prices for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Game will be around A$57 (US$24), according to New South Wales Olympic Minister Michael Knight.
Events

World Cycling Limited (WCL) and the Polish Cycling Federation have announced the founding of the Solidarity Cup, an international friendship series consisting of two major cycling events in Poland and the United States.
Stadia

Florida Marlins fans took their anger over the team's losing record from the stadium to the courts Tuesday, and began to sue the baseball club for dismantling the winners of last year's World Series.
Business

The English Football Association has announced a five-year extension to its existing agreement with national team kit supplier Umbro.
Business

In a deal announced late Thursday night, Coca-Cola Co. said it has renegotiated its promotional contract with the National Football League to remain its "official" soft drink through the 2001 season.

A crippling pilots strike kept most Air France flights grounded for a second day on Tuesday but negotiations were set to resume in the afternoon, raising hopes the dispute could be settled before the start of the World Cup.
Events

International Speedway Corporation, a leading promoter of motorsports activities, is registering a public offering of 4,000,000 new shares of Class A Common Stock being offered by the Company.