Events

Paris officials have abandoned plans to hold the gymnastics in the historic Grand Palais if they win their bid to host the 2008 Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it was considering allowing Internet companies to broadcast small sports on the Web.

England?s Rugby Football Union has announced the appointment of Chris Spice as its performance director.

The International Olympic Committee added another condition for the next round of broadcast bidders looking to deliver the Olympic Games after 2008, but the requirement to take account of the importance of the internet and new media in their bids will have many reaching for their crystal balls.

UK commercial sports station TalkSPORT can continue to broadcast commentary of major sporting events off the TV as it did during Euro 2000, even if the BBC has rights to the event.

Quokka Sports has signed a deal with the NCAA to extend their partnership for official online NCAA championship coverage of 40 NCAA sports championships through the 2002 spring season.

Battery firm Energizer has signed a deal to become an international partner of the European Athletic Association Programme of Championship events 2000-2003.

Greek Olympic chief Gianna Angelopoulos said on Monday that the sudden resignation of her number two would not upset the Athens 2004 Games preparations.

The concluding session of the first day of the IOC Sports and New Media conference re-emphasised the key values of rights exclusivity, but according to Christopher Murray, Chairman of the Entertainment & Technology Dept of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles: "The web has so radically changed the dynamics of publishing, that with one keystroke anyone can download a CD or video and become a pirate".

CART has appointed a new president and CEO.

Broadband will replace existing broadcasters once the delivery system is all pervasive in the major markets, delegates were warned at a question and answer session this afternoon at the IOC World Conference on Sport and New Media.

Greece's deputy chief for the 2004 Olympics resigned on Monday citing personal reasons after six months in the job, the organising committee (ATHOC) said.

Dick Pound, Chairman of IOC Internet Committee confirmed today that the Internet and TV rights for the Olympics will remain linked through to the 2008 games but also expressed the expectation that the territorial rights issues that currently prevent live video and audio broadcast over the internet could be solved.

The future of the British Grand Prix has been secured after an agreement between the Brands Hatch and Silverstone circuits to hold the event at Silverstone for the next 15 years.

The future of the British Grand Prix has been secured after an agreement between the Brands Hatch and Silverstone circuits to hold the event at Silverstone for the next 15 years.

The ski jumping and Nordic combination events scheduled for Ramsau, Austria, from December 8-10 have had to be called off because of unseasonally warm weather, the Austrian ski federation has said.