Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 114. Chapters: 1956 Summer Olympics, 1975 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, 1975 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, 1979 World Fencing Championships, 1985 IAAF World Cup, 1986 International Rules series, 1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 International Rules series, 1990 World Rowing Championships, 1991 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 1991 World Aquatics Championships, 1992 Cricket World Cup, 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women, 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 1998 IBF World Junior Championships, 1998 Trampoline World Championships, 1998 World Aquatics Championships, 1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup, 1999 Intercontinental Cup (baseball), 1999 International Rules Series, 1999 Korfball World Championship, 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2001 Goodwill Games, 2001 International Rules Series, 2002 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, 2003 Rugby World Cup, 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, 2005 International Rules Series, 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2006 Tour Down Under, 2007 Bay Classic Series, 2007 Down Under Classic, 2007 Tour Down Under, 2007 World Aquatics Championships, 2008 International Rules Series, 2009 UCI BMX World Championships, 2010 UCI Road World Championships, 2011 Gold Coast Sevens, 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II, 2011 International Rules Series, 2012 Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, 2012 Oceania Handball Championship, 2012 Trans-Tasman Champions League, 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2013 Australian Open, 2015 Cricket World Cup, Australian Grand Prix Gliding, Australian Grand Prix Gliding 2010, Bay to Bay yacht race, Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race, Commonwealth Sailing Championships, Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships, Country Senior High Schools Carnival (Western Australia), Hopman Cup, Melbourne Marathon, Melbourne Marathon Festival, Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, Newton's Nation, Sail Melbourne, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Excerpt: The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second time that the Summer Olympics were held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first one being in Melbourne, Victoria in 1956. These were the first games since the Seoul games to be conducted during the Northern Hemisphere autumn season (which the city was actually during the Southern Hemisphere spring season), joining the aforementioned Melbourne games (which were held during the Southern Hemisphere summer), the Tokyo games (conducted in October 1964), the Mexico City Games (conducted in October 1968), and the Seoul games. The Games received near-universal acclaim, with the organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship and Australian public being lauded in the international media. Bill Bryson from The Times called the Sydney Games "one of the most successful events on the world stage," saying that they "couldn't be better." James Mossop of the Electronic Telegraph called the Games in an article "such a success that any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be wondering how it can reach the standards set by Sydney," while Jack Todd in the Montreal Gazette suggested that the 'IOC should quit while it's ahead. Admit there can never be a better Olympic Games, and be done with it," as "Sydney was both exceptional and the best." In preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Lord...