Olympics.com : (www.olympics.com/eng/) What began as a cluttered and cramped site has, with the start of the show, turned into the ultimate resource. The official site of the Games has live coverage, live images and an exhaustive breakdown of statistics from every discipline. Whatever’s on at the Games, it’s on here.

CNNSI.com : (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics) Stuck its neck out predicting winners in every discipline: Strong international flavour in the run-up to the Games but has gone American after the big torch was lit. Track a host of heavyweight sports writers holding forth on lightweight subjects like Australian team nicknames. Equal mix of style and substance.

ITGO : (www1.India-today.com/olympics2000) Very strong on news around the Indian contingent and on the Indian hockey campaign: detailed, superbly written features bringing home the flavour of the Games. A range of exclusive photo features; audio and video feeds on the Indian effort.

Rediff : (www.rediff.com/sports/sprohom1.htm) A little late off the blocks, but look for the evocative personal recollections of legendary Indian Olympians. And take several looks at the site’s photo alleries because they feature the work of arguably the best collection of sports photographers in the world AllSport.

Indya.com : (www.olympics.indya.com) : Strong on Olympic history and archival material, also offers details of travel to Sydney and Oz including maps. Offers Mahesh Bhupati’s column among other things and a lively daily diary by their man at the Games.