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The Commercial Bank of Greece has said it has reached a preliminary agreement with the Athens suburb hosting much of the 2004 Olympic Games to finance up to 1.5 billion euros in real estate development.

Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger will be receiving a special honour for his athletic accomplishments and his philanthropic work at the 2nd Annual World Sports Awards.

The Worldwide Fund for Nature has said plans to build an Olympic rowing and canoeing centre for the 2004 Athens Games would threaten the environment and break European Union nature conservation laws.

Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL) chairman Rodney Walker has started a new round of talks to discuss his plans for an athletics track in the new national stadium.

New South Wales Premier has warned that Sydney's main Olympic venues will remain a drain on taxpayers for years, with public funds being used to subsidise some big events.

Argentinian First Division club Racing, which has been bankrupt for two years, has become the second Argentinian club to be taken over by media company Blanquiceleste S.A.

United Kingdom Sports head Rodney Walker presented proposals for an athletics track at Wembley stadium to Culture, Media and Sports Minister Chris Smith today.

Accra's Sports Stadium has been banned from hosting next month's African Super Cup and the match switched to nearby Kumasi in Ghana, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced in Cairo.

Brazil's top sports tribunal has ordered Vasco da Gama and Sao Caetano to replay their championship final after an earlier match was suspended due to crowd disturbances.

Finland's government should invest at least 43.3 million markka ($6.91 million) on stadium improvements to boost the joint Nordic bid for Euro 2008, a working group has proposed.

The new Chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL), the Football Association subsidiary behind the Wembley National Stadium project has formulated a plan to cut the loan requirement by as much as 25%.

Synchro Systems and Ticketmaster have linked up to manage all ticket sales for the

Synchro and Ticketmaster have linked up to manage all ticket sales for the British Speedway Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in June 2001.

Major League Baseball?s Montreal Expos have parted company with sponsor Labatt Brewery after 15 years.

John Lewis has been promoted to director of operations for the Indy Racing League.

Governor Jesse Ventura and NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue met at the weekend to discuss plans for a new football-only stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.

Hardwood Media and online commerce and publishing firm TEKgroup International, has launched the ABA 2000 Internet Network, a

Soldier Field in Chicago will get a $587 million face-lift after Illinois Gov. George Ryan signed into law a bill to help finance the project.