Events

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

UK commercial radio station talkSPORT has won exclusive rights to broadcast England's next two cricket tours of Sri Lanka.

ESPN International is to broadcast live coverage of all four rounds of the 2000 World Golf Championship ? EMC World Cup.

British Olympic boxing gold medalist Audley Harrison is in talks with BBC executives, which could lead to the boxer?s fights being broadcast on terrestrial television.

CART has appointed Minneapolis-based public relations agency the Tunheim Group as its public relations agency.

Paul Vaughan, executive vice president of Octagon Marketing is set to become the next commercial director of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

Betting on cricket has become one of India's biggest organised rackets both in terms of money and volume of deals, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report into match-fixing.

NASCAR has appointed Paul Brooks to oversee a new office that the sanctioning body is opening in Los Angeles to help provide a stronger presence on the West Coast.

Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis has sacked a senior 2004 Athens Games organiser for publicly squabbling with a minister a day after the premier had called for restraint.

The Brazilian Golf Confederation has signed a five-year rights deal with Brazilian sports marketing company Speed Sports for the country?s first golf tour.

The IOC?s decision to ban any Olympic Games broadcast on the internet has been blasted by some of the world?s biggest online news services.

NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol has defended the network?s broadcast strategy for the Sydney Olympics in the face of disappointing ratings.

As the track and field stage of the Olympics gets underway, NBC will be hoping for a reversal of its fortunes.

Ticket touts have flown into Sydney from around the world but their hopes of making a fast buck from the Olympics have been dashed.

Australian Olympics officials have said they were confident the relaid soccer pitches in Melbourne and Canberra would be in suitable condition for the Sydney Games events starting on September 13.

NFL action will be broadcast in a record 194 countries as the new season kicks-off.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has staunchly defended politicians accepting free tickets and corporate hospitality at next month's Sydney Olympics.

IEC in Sports has signed a three year deal with the International Table Tennis Federation.