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The European Union has welcomed the settlement of a row over foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics.
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Thousands of Australians and foreigners, setting aside cynicism about corrupt officials, doped athletes and bungled busing, poured into central Sydney on Thursday to glimpse the torch that heralds the opening of the biggest Olympic Games.
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The NBA has teamed up with Intel Corp to enhance its online video service.
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The International Olympic Committee has selected Copyright Control Services (CCS) to provide exclusive internet anti-piracy operations and internet content protection solutions for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
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Online digital sports content provider Quokka Sports has hosted U.S. Secretary of Commerce Norm Mineta at their San Francisco headquarters.
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ESPN The Magazine has rated NBCOlympics.com as its number one Olympic Web site.
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Formula One racing will return to the United States after an absence of almost 10 years on September 24 ? and leading teams are already courting the US media to publicise the event.
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iSport.com a global sports media company providing internet based sports administration and communication services, has acquired Britsport.com Ltd.
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VTV, recently-acquired by UK-based The Television Corporation and now part of Sunset+Vine, has won a new four year contract to produce and distribute coverage of English badminton until 2005.
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The Irish Football Association has won unanimous approval from the South Dublin County Council (SDCC) for planning permission to build the new home for Irish soccer, Eircom Park.
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Almost every person on the planet with access to a television will watch the Sydney Olympics at some time in the next month.
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Sports4cast, the UK-based online sports? analysis and forecasting service, is to seek a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
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SINA.com, an online media and services company for Chinese communities worldwide, has launched China's official Olympics web site, http://aoyun.sina.com.cn.
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ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has promoted Vib Sharma to senior vice president, advertising and integrated sales.
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The U.S. men's basketball "Dream Team" were trapped in their hotel on Monday by a demonstration against a World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne.
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Totalbet.com has launched online Tote horse race pool betting ? which it claims could lead to the first UK gambler scooping a million online.
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A new TV series available to broadcasters in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup will be officially launched in Cannes next month.
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The Olympic Games have become too big to be hosted by less developed nations and must be scaled back, says senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Jacques Rogge.