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The organisers of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester have come under fire for failing to promote the event enough.

Three Australasian race horses have been ordered into quarantine immediately on return to Australia from the Dubai World Cup race meeting amid foot-and-mouth disease fears.
Events

Foxtel's Fox Sports operations in Australia is beginning to pose problems for free-to-air rivals.
Business

The Melbourne Cup, Australia's most famous horse race, will carry a purse of US$2.12 million this year, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has said.

Tony Labbozzetta is the new chairman of Soccer Australia.
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The IOC has told organisers of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens to speed up their efforts.

The 10 test-playing nations will compete for world supremacy under a new ranking system, International Cricket Council (ICC) president Malcolm Gray has said.
Events

British Olympic chiefs will meet government ministers today to decide whether London can launch a bid to bring the Olympic Games back to Britain for the first time since 1948.

The Sydney Olympics drew a record 4.9 million tourists to Australia in 2000, surpassing official forecasts for the Olympic boom and nearly swamping the nation's 19 million residents.

The International Cricket Council will announce next month a 10-year plan for fixtures between the 10 test-playing nations.
Business

Dick Pound has been persuaded to stay on as chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) despite earlier claims he would resign from the post following his defeat in the race to be president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Indian hockey authorities have sacked chief coach Vasudevan Baskaran and dropped three senior players after their disappointing seventh-place finish at the Sydney Olympics.
Business

Local organisers of the Athens Olympics want Greeks to get more involved now that the IOC believe they are capable of staging the 2004 Summer Games.
Business

America's Cup holders, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, accepted the Swiss challenge for yachting's biggest prize on Monday after a month of legal wrangling.
Media

Chairman Mao Zedong will share the spotlight with beach volleyball if the 2008 Olympics come to Beijing.

Telstra Corp Ltd, Australia's dominant telecommunications group, wants to capitalize on its success in wiring the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by penetrating the world's biggest potential market, China.
Business

Quokka Sports, Inc. has announced record third quarter financial results for the three months ending September 30, 2000.
Events

An executive hired nine months ago to streamline the US Olympic Committee has resigned, saying he could not carry out his plans.