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COLES BACKS IOC VISIT BAN
An Australian member of the International Olympic Committee severely reprimanded for taking free holidays in Salt Lake City has backed a possible permanent ban on IOC visits to cities bidding to host Games.
TICKET TAX FOR PREMIUM GAMES SEATS
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has confirmed that the Aussie government planned to apply its new 10 percent consumption tax to Sydney 2000 Olympics tickets sold at inflated prices to the wealthy.
SPORTSWORLD TO BUY AMH
Sports TV company Sportsworld Media has struck a #22.4 million deal to buy Australian Media Holdings, the TV and sports sponsorship group.
SAMARANCH BACKS WEMBLEY PLANS
IOC chief Juan Antonio Samaranch has stepped into the row over the future of London's Wembley Stadium when he said that an arena holding 65,000 spectators would be big enough to host the Summer Games.
BANKS TO GIVE EVIDENCE ON WEMBLEY SHAMBLES
Former UK Sports Minister Tony Banks will give evidence to an inquiry into the fiasco surrounding the new #475million national stadium at Wembley.
MURDOCH SELLS ON CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TV RIGHTS – SAYS REPORT
International media magnate Rupert Murdoch has agreed to sell the German television rights to European Champions' League soccer for the next three seasons, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper has reported..
NFL OWNERS APPROVE JETS SALE
NFL owners have unanimously approved the sale of the New York Jets to Robert Wood Johnson IV.
IBF MONITOR RESIGNS ? REPLACEMENT NAMED
A monitor appointed by a federal judge 12 days ago to take the helm of the International Boxing Federation has resigned and a replacement named.
SA MINISTER RECEIVES SOCCER REPORT
Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour has this week began studying a long-awaited report from South African soccer officials seeking to unearth what's behind recent infighting within the national game.
NAGANO SPECTATOR FIGURES TOP 1.25 MILLION
Total spectator attendance at the Nagano Winter Olympic sports events was 1,275,929, according to figures issued by the International Olympic Committee. A further 167,200 attended victory ceremonies.
HUNGARY PLANS LIVE ACTION WEB BROADCAST
Hungary hopes to score a first on the Internet by broadcasting a soccer game live on the web later this month, a local sports newspaper reported.
STAR SPORTS CRICKET SCORES IN INDIA
STAR Sports new pay channel service delivered record viewing figures for the Sharjah Cricket final, between India and Australia, broadcast on April 24th.
EF LANGUAGE WILL NOT RACE IN 2002 VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Winners of this year Whitbread Around the World yacht race EF Language have announced they will not be competing in the 2002 race to be sponsored by Volvo and named The Volvo Ocean Race.
DELTA AIR LINES SPONSOR SENIOR ATP
Delta Air Lines is to sponsor the ATP Senior Tour of Champions this year.
NEBIOLO CONFIDENT STADIUM WILL BE READY
International athletics chief Primo Nebiolo has said he no longer fears the stadium for next year's world championships will not be ready on time.
S. AFRICA TO GET MOTORCYCLE G.P.
South Africa became the latest edition to the world motorcycle calendar when organisers said the country would host a round of the 500cc world championship next April.
WORLD SERIES EVENTS TO OFFER MINIMUM $5 MILLION EACH
The new World Golf Championship series, comprising three tournaments in 1999, will each offer minimum prize money of $5 million with winner's cheques of at least $1 million.
IOC TO HOST DRUGS CONFERENCE
International sports chiefs are to attend a world conference on drug abuse after recent controversies have shown that doping is still a huge problem nearly a decade after the Ben Johnson scandal.