Getting in shape is much easier when you have the appropriate sports apparel to wear. With so many online resources, you can now find almost any type of clothing for fitness and exercise, running, playing sports games, etc.

Many of these items can be found online at a sports shopping mall in a variety of brand names such as NBA, NFL, NASCAR and NCAA, and at a reasonable price. Here's a quick guide to sports apparel, and how to choose the clothing and accessories that are right for you.

Apparel for Playing Sports (Sports Jerseys-Apparel, etc.)

When ordering items such as sports jerseys or other apparel for yourself or your team, keep in mind that the fit should be comfortable and the materials should be flexible. During any active game such as football, basketball, soccer, hockey, baseball, etc., there will be lots of arm and leg movement. Be sure to order the appropriate sizes and allow for a little moving room. Don't order items too big because the clothing could be a hindrance if it's too baggy. Spandex materials are usually popular choices for these types of sports.

Track and Running Shoes

If you're involved in track at school or in the professional realm, the main focus should be on your running shoes. Choose shoes that fit snug, but comfortably. The shoes should not slide on your heel, nor should they hurt your toes after wearing them for an hour or two. Be sure the shoes provide adequate support for your heels and arches. Also, buy running shoes that feel lightweight on your feet while running. Check to make sure the shoes have good treads on the bottom. Your running shoes should be a help, not a hindrance.

Fitness Training and Gym Workouts

At the gym, or during fitness training, buy sports clothing according to the type of exercises you will perform. For instance, wear pants that fit snugly around the legs if doing leg exercises, especially on an exercise bike or similar equipment. Loose-fitting pants could get caught in the machinery and cause injury.

For aerobic-style fitness training, wear leotards with leggings, bike shorts and a jog top. Or, wear a snug-fitting t-shirt with boxer-style shorts. Don't wear clothing that's baggy, as it will hinder your body's movement. For shoes, wear aerobic shoes if possible, but avoid running shoes with heavy treads.

Sports Swimwear

If swimming in competitions, choose a bathing suit that promotes speed and smooth swimming. There are special types of swimsuits that have "vertical line" designs in the material to channel water away from the body. Competition swimwear should be slick, comfortable, and allow for easy body movement.

To find these types of unique sportswear items used to be difficult - especially for those living in a small town with limited retailers. But nowadays, you can shop for all types of sports clothing and fitness apparel from your own home computer any time of the day or week.

Online sports shopping malls offer all types of sports clothing, fitness wear, athletic supplies, sporting goods-sports equipment, sports memorabilia, and more. And, you can usually get a great price for these items online. Use the tips above to dress for sports success!

If you've been on a computer much you are likely aware of how easy it is to chat with others online. Many women have found support after giving birth with other moms online. Men can find solace when their favorite sports team loses by consoling one another on football or soccer forums online. However, there's another kind of communication online that can lead to serious problems. If you are a woman whose husband is chatting online with other women you may begin to wonder where the line is drawn between being friendly and being romantic.

Flirting is something that many people naturally do whether they are single or not. Flirting is often viewed as being harmless and innocent as long as it remains strictly flirting. When you have a husband chatting online you are obviously going to wonder from time-to-time who he is talking to and exactly what they are talking about. There are a few things you can do to gain more insight into your husband's online escapades.

When someone is chatting online quite often they'll become completely immersed in that conversation. Even though it's only typing it's easy to get lost in what the other person is expressing. If you are in the same room with your husband chatting online ask him who he's talking to. Pay close attention to his answer. If he's forthcoming and shares details about his chat partner as well as the conversation, you can usually put your fears to rest. If he shrugs it off as being nothing or says he's talking to no one that may mean he doesn't feel comfortable sharing those details with you.

The amount of time that he's devoting to chatting can also be telling. If it becomes almost impossible to tear him away from his computer, there's likely a good reason for that. The person he's spending time with is captivating to him. He doesn't want the encounter to end so you may notice him rushing back to his computer at regular intervals or checking his email or instant messages on his PDA. If your notice your husband chatting online obsessively, this isn't a good sign.

Try and persuade him to spend less time at the keyboard and more time with you. If your husband is chatting on the Internet to a bunch of other men about classic cars, he'll drop them in a heartbeat to spend some alone time with his wife. If he comes up with countless excuses for why he needs to be at his computer, chances are that the person he is chatting with is a female and someone he's attracted to.

It can be difficult to understand the appeal of chatting with someone online if you've never done it. Many wives simply don't see why their husbands are doing it. They instead feel hurt and betrayed. Instead try and see your husband's desire to chat online as a sign that something is missing from your relationship with him. Many marriages are actually richer and more stable once both parties realize what they have right in front of them. If you suspect your husband is talking with other women online, consider why that is and what you can do to get the focus back on you.

PayForView.com (National Quotation Bureau-PAYV), today announced the acquisition of the Internet broadcast rights to two International Soccer Games: The USA Woman's championship Team vs. Norway on July 30th and the Men's Benfica Vs. Liverpool game on August 5th.

The terms of the deal, completed with Innovative Sports Marketing this week, includes the exclusive North American Internet broadcast rights to the live games, as well as the right to archive the events on the payforview.com web site and/or syndicate the events to other video web sites for a period of five years
It will be the first time since the 1995 Women's World Cup championships in Sweden that fans of the U.S. Women's National Team will have an opportunity to watch the team in action live on foreign soil. The U.S. women's team is the 1999 Woman's World Cup champions. Liverpool is led by superstar Michael Owen and is expected to challenge for the English Premier League crown. Benfica, Portugal Cup winners 23 times, and National League Champions on 30 occasions will bring world class players such as Pinto and Nuno to face Liverpool.

Marc Pitcher, President of PayForView.com, stated, "Our immediate goal is to secure as many exclusive Internet broadcasting licenses that will be extremely beneficial both short and long-term. This is the longest Internet broadcast license for top quality international sporting events ever signed by a streaming media company. As broadband continues to roll out and as Internet streaming of compelling content becomes ubiquitous, these types of deals give us the opportunity to maximize the revenue potential over the mid to long term."

Doug Jacobs, President of Innovative Sports Marketing, holder of the North American broadcast rights to the games, sees Internet distribution as a valuable part of his company's future sports marketing plans.

"Soccer is the most watched and influential game in the world," said Jacobs. "The Internet gives one the opportunity to market directly to the broad-based soccer constituency, particularly in North America, where large expatriate communities are anxious to see teams from their countries. By marketing directly to the fan, via cultural or soccer oriented web sites, PayForView.com and Innovative should be able to reach more of the fans who desire to watch these games".

The first game, USA vs. Norway, will be broadcast live and free of charge as a video only test via the PayForView.com web site at 2:00 pm on July 30th, then re-broadcast with triggered parallel content and a live chat room hosted by 1999 USA Woman's World Cup team member Tracy DuCar at 12:00 noon on August 4th. The Benfica vs. Liverpool game will be shown live at 11.00 am on August 5th, complete with triggered parallel content and live chat hosted by former Chicago Fire and New York Metrostars team member Zack Thornton. Included in the parallel content will be news, bios, game and player information and links to the most popular soccer content available on the web. Both events are being presented as part of PayForView.com's ongoing beta phase of the site, and feedback from viewers is welcomed at feedback@payforview.com.

PayForView.com is an integrated on-line and off-line entertainment company that will distribute movies, music, sports and live events direct to viewers on a pay-for-view, retail and e-commerce basis. The company has distributed several pay-for-view events and is in the process of acquiring additional content and creating programming for broadcast specifically over the Internet and traditional media. Additionally, the company owns several off-line interests. Voyager International Entertainment is currently packaging several motion picture projects for production. Voyager Film Sales is the Company's foreign sales division for these projects. Rap and hip-hop music label, Street Solid Records, is distributed through K-Tel Distribution (NASDQ: KTEL).

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FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 1996--To promote the upcoming adidas Power Soccer title for Sony's PlayStation game console, Psygnosis is bringing the classic European "Spot The Ball" game to the Internet for the first time.

Web browsers can now find the interactive game (which runs through mid-October) on Psygnosis' web site (www.psygnosis.com).

The adidas Power Soccer "Spot The Ball" sweepstakes is an electronic homage to the traditional newspaper game of skill, which for years has challenged sports fans to mark the location of a missing soccer ball from an action photograph. Gamers can test their skill "spotting the ball" on screenshots from the game, and randomly drawn entrants who correctly identify the ball's location can win free copies of adidas Power Soccer, sportswear and other prizes. Psygnosis will be doing a print version of the game in its upcoming U.S. marketing of adidas Power Soccer which is scheduled for release in September.
"Playing `Spot The Ball' has always been a fun pastime for soccer supporters," said Psygnosis' webmaster, Jim Drewry. "It's a simple, straight-forward, and entertaining way of testing your instincts for the dynamics of soccer. It was a natural choice for the Psygnosis Online site, which always strives to offer real interactive content for our on-line visitors. We believe our customers deserve more than an electronic catalog of titles, and adidas Power Soccer `Spot The Ball' is one of many planned games and promotions which help make our site a `must-see' for games fans."

About the Game

Developed by Psygnosis, France (one of the undisputed centers of excellence for computer graphics), adidas Power Soccer's true 3D environments, allow players to slide, tackle, take corner shots and rush goalies as though they were in a live soccer match. An in-game, full motion video (FMV) training mode gives them the ability to hone their skills in several different fields of the game.

adidas Power Soccer features four game modes: Friendly Match, Tournament, Arcade and Season play. Arcade Mode allows the player to play a mini-championship. The mini-championship consists of 10 special teams with predefined characteristics. In Season Play, you must choose a team in one of the four possible countries (England, Germany, France). You must then take your team through a full season and try to qualify for the European Cup. In Season Mode, you will earn money to buy and trade players in order to improve your team.

Up to two players can compete simultaneously on a single PlayStation game console. By using the PlayStation link cable, up to four people can play. adidas Power Soccer is scheduled for release in September.

Psygnosis employs over 340 people with publishing and development offices in the U.S., U.K. and across Europe. Working with over 30 development teams across the world and six internal development sites, the company is now the largest development house in Europe. Psygnosis is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. -0-

Note to Editors: adidas' Power Soccer will be available at most computer and software specialty stores or direct by calling 800/438-7794. Reviewers' copies and screen shots can be obtained from Dana Oertell 415/655-8060 or Mark Day 415/655-5679.

South Korea said Thursday it aims to share its slate of World Cup matches in 2002 with North Korea and work toward the creation of a unified team for soccer's premier event along with other measures to promote stronger sports ties between the two countries.

The announcement came in the wake of the signing Wednesday of a joint declaration by South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il calling for reconciliation between the two Koreas and cooperation in a number of areas. South Korea said it will push plans to have the delegations from North Korea and South Korea march together in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sydney this September, the government said in an item posted on its Internet page Thursday as well as in a paper released in Seoul.

It will also seek to form a single Korean team for next year's table tennis world championships in Osaka, will urge North Korea to take part in the 2002 Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea and seek a revival of the traditional Seoul-Pyongyang soccer match.

Similar proposals had been made by South Korea before the inter-Korean summit, but have been largely ignored by the North.

On Wednesday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap News reported that South Korean sports officials said North Korean officials were receptive to the sports proposal, thus enhancing the chances of reaching an agreement.

South Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) Chairman Kim Un Yong, also a member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), reportedly proposed having the two Korean delegations march together in Sydney and a single table tennis team for Osaka.

South Korean soccer chief Chung Mong Joon, who is also a vice president in soccer's world governing body FIFA, suggested that South Korea could share its portion of the 2002 World Cup to be co-hosted with Japan.

In Tokyo, Yasuhiko Endo, general secretary of the committee organizing Japan's portion of the World Cup, was noncommittal about the news.

"While the World Cup is being co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, the talk between North and South is an inter-Korean matter," Endo said. "If the matter is resolved as an inter-Korean issue, sharing of the matches or a unified team should not be an obstacle to the hosting of the World Cup."

Chung also suggested the two Koreas try for a unified team for the Asian Cup in Lebanon in October.

Meanwhile, in Osaka, the president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Adham Sharara, welcomed the idea of a joint Korean team for the world championships a "one step" toward its realization.

"It seems that nothing has been decided yet on a joint team, but we want to do all we can toward realizing a unified team," said Sharara, who has been updated by members of the South Korean delegation in Osaka for the Ogimura Japan Open competition.

North and South Korea formed a joint team for the first time for the world table tennis championships held in Japan's Chiba Prefecture in 1991.

South Korea said Thursday it aims to share its slate of World Cup matches in 2002 with North Korea and work toward the creation of a unified team for soccer's premier event along with other measures to promote stronger sports ties between the two countries.

The announcement came in the wake of the signing Wednesday of a joint declaration by South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il calling for reconciliation between the two Koreas and cooperation in a number of areas. South Korea said it will push plans to have the delegations from North Korea and South Korea march together in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sydney this September, the government said in an item posted on its Internet page Thursday as well as in a paper released in Seoul.

It will also seek to form a single Korean team for next year's table tennis world championships in Osaka, will urge North Korea to take part in the 2002 Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea and seek a revival of the traditional Seoul-Pyongyang soccer match.

Similar proposals had been made by South Korea before the inter-Korean summit, but have been largely ignored by the North.

On Wednesday, the South Korean news agency Yonhap News reported that South Korean sports officials said North Korean officials were receptive to the sports proposal, thus enhancing the chances of reaching an agreement.

South Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) Chairman Kim Un Yong, also a member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), reportedly proposed having the two Korean delegations march together in Sydney and a single table tennis team for Osaka.

South Korean soccer chief Chung Mong Joon, who is also a vice president in soccer's world governing body FIFA, suggested that South Korea could share its portion of the 2002 World Cup to be co-hosted with Japan.

In Tokyo, Yasuhiko Endo, general secretary of the committee organizing Japan's portion of the World Cup, was noncommittal about the news.

"While the World Cup is being co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, the talk between North and South is an inter-Korean matter," Endo said. "If the matter is resolved as an inter-Korean issue, sharing of the matches or a unified team should not be an obstacle to the hosting of the World Cup."

Chung also suggested the two Koreas try for a unified team for the Asian Cup in Lebanon in October.

Meanwhile, in Osaka, the president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Adham Sharara, welcomed the idea of a joint Korean team for the world championships a "one step" toward its realization.

"It seems that nothing has been decided yet on a joint team, but we want to do all we can toward realizing a unified team," said Sharara, who has been updated by members of the South Korean delegation in Osaka for the Ogimura Japan Open competition.

North and South Korea formed a joint team for the first time for the world table tennis championships held in Japan's Chiba Prefecture in 1991.

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2000

Applied Gaming Solutions of Canada Inc. (AGC) announced today that it has signed a second exclusive supplier agreement with the representative government authority for the twenty southern lottery companies of Vietnam.

In the agreement with the Song Be Lottery Company (SBLC), AGC will supply all of the necessary hardware and software, training, and all other products and services required to enable SBLC to operate a sportsbook over the internet. This service would allow the SLBC to accept wagers from international bettors on a vast array of sporting events including but not limited to, soccer, horse racing, football, tennis and motor racing.

The SBLC is one of the five permanent members of the southern region lottery counsel. This counsel consists of all twenty lottery companies of southern Vietnam including Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon).

For the services provided, AGC will receive a technical consulting fee for the duration of the ten- year contract period, as well as a five-year renewal option. The technical consulting fee that AGC will receive is subject to final negotiations with the SBLC.

"We are very excited to expand the services we offer to the Vietnamese Lottery Authority and, to provide a complete solution for one of the world's first 100% government owned and operated internet sportsbooks," said Jib Phelan, Vice President of Lotteries.

There is nearly 1.5 billion consumers and 38 million Internet users in Asia today, according to the Boston-based consulting firm The Yankee Group. Internet usage is expected to nearly double annually over the next five years to a minimum of 375 million Internet users by the end of the year 2005.

Applied Gaming Solutions of Canada Inc. is a global leader in the outsource management of online lotteries, e-gaming solutions and related professional services for delivery to a growing audience of international governments. Today, AGC leads technical and marketing support activities for the on-line lottery system run by the Construction Lottery of the Capital-Hanoi in Vietnam, delivered in conjunction with its' suppliers AWI, a division of Anchor Gaming (NASDAQ:SLOT), IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Motorola (NYSE:MOT).

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, which could cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations, projections and opinions of the Company's management, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to such forward-looking statements which may be made, for example to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.