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Australian sports fans have responded to Australian success in the swimming pool and on the tennis court, raising the two Olympic sports to the top of the popularity charts.
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Sydney Games organisers and Olympic officials have clashed over whether events should be delayed if transport problems stopped spectators reaching their seats on time.
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The organisers of the Sydney Summer Games have already set one record, the largest media centre in Olympic history.
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FIFA World Cup 2006 co-hosts South Korea is seeking to revise its tourism policy after a report suggested that the country?s hosting of major sport events in the past had not led to greater popularity as a tourist venue.
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Rumours continued to swirl that Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays were about to be sold to media powerhouse Rogers Communications Inc. , but both the potential suitor and the team's current owner refused to comment on whether the two sides are in the final innings of a blockbuster deal.
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The official 2000 US Open web site, www.usopen.org, has gone live allowing tennis fans from around the world to experience the action wherever they are, at any time.
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Be Here Corporation, the provider of 360-degree Internet video technology, will give Internet viewers a close up look of the Summer X-Games taking place in San Francisco.
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eMarketWorld.com, a producer of industry-specific eBusiness marketplaces, and the Atlanta Sports Council have launched a new sports internet conference and exhibition scheduled for November 28-30, 2000.
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Macon City Council in Georgia has passed a resolution on a lease agreement between a company that plans to bring an arenafootball2 franchise to Macon's Coliseum.
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The BBC is planning to broadcast round-the-clock coverage of the Olympic Games across its television, radio and internet platforms.
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Portland, Oregon will issue $35 million in taxable bonds to renovate its 74-year-old stadium through a private-public financing partnership that will convert the facility into a multi-sport venue.
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iN Demand, the US pay-per-view network, is to showcase its first-ever sports production this autumn with the debut of five Sanex WTA Tour tournaments.
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Microcast will showcase its live streaming video technology when it powers the upcoming internet broadcast of the 1st and 18th holes from the World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational.
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The du Maurier Classic, the last of the four annual tournaments the Ladies Professional Golf Association designates as a "major", has staged its final round of top tournament golf.
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A new web site hosting the official web sites for a string of top sports men and women has been launched.
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Univision Communications, the US-based Spanish-language media company, has acquired the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language television rights to broadcast the final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006.
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Nearly 500 Special Olympics professionals, leaders, volunteers and friends from the Unites States, Mexico and Canada will gather in Kansas City, August 16-19, for the Special Olympics 2000 North America Conference.
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Championship Auto Racing Teams has named the former chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Engine Company to CART?s board of directors.