Australia

Athens 2004 Olympic Games organisers said they had secured two key sponsors - a bank that will pay more than any one previous local sponsor and a brewer that has tripled what its Australian counterpart paid.

The Indian cricket team has acquired a new computer software product that will allow quicker and more accurate analysis of players' performances, national coach John Wright said on Thursday.

Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas, one of only a trio of competitors to win three Olympic golds in the sport, was appointed to the 2004 Athens Games organising committee on Thursday.

Fox Sports have bid for Australian pay-TV rights to Formula One racing but have yet to receive an answer from F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and the sport's governing body the FIA.

Australia's top cricket official has said that Australia were unlikely to adopt some of the more radical proposals tabled by the South African inquiry into match fixing.

The English Football Association (FA) has conducted an emergency meeting today to discuss the troubled Wembley rebuilding project.

Media reports in the UK suggest the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium has hit a major funding crisis which threatens the entire project.

UFA Sports has concluded a general marketing contract with the top Brazilian soccer club Vasco da Gama.

International Management Group have added to their portfolio of rugby union clients by entering into a five-year agreement with South African side Natal Sharks. IMG will represent the Super 12 club in future commercial deals.

The Victorian state cricket team has joined forces with sports internet group Sportal Australia to produce a new cricket web-site at www.bushrangers.com.au.

The capacity of Sydney Football Stadium may be increased to 50,000 with the expansion funded by the sale of naming rights, according to Australian press reports..

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has placed in doubt the handing over of the Paralympic flag to the next host city, Athens, when the Sydney Paralympic Games close on October 29.

One of the top men behind the organisation of the Sydney Olympics has said he is to quit politics.

Commercial broadcast coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games in Mexico has been dominated by TV Azteca over it rival company Televisa.

United Parcel Service (UPS) will reconsider at the end of the year whether to sponsor further Olympic Games after the treatment given by the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG).

Australia?s Seven Network is losing viewers to its two Olympic pay-TV channels following complaints about the network?s free-to-air coverage.