Quokka Sports Announces International Distribution Agreement With Yahoo! In Europe / Quokka and Yahoo! Team Up to Make Quokka's Digital Sports Programming Avail

SAN FRANCISCO (PROTEXT) - Quokka Sports Inc. (Nasdaq: QKKA) today announced a distribution agreement with Yahoo! in Europe to make Quokka's digital sports programming available in multiple languages across local Yahoo! sports pages. Quokka's digital content and coverage of America's Cup 2000, one of the world's most popular sailing events, and the FIM Motorcycling World Championship, will be specially packaged for Yahoo! users. As part of this agreement, local Yahoo! sports pages carrying the Quokka content will be co-branded with Quokka's logo and the content will be adapted for each local market. Users who are interested in obtaining more in-depth Quokka-style coverage will be able to link to localized pages of Quokka.com. Quokka's tailored coverage of America's Cup 2000 will be available via Yahoo! in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and New Zealand and Australia. Quokka's immersive coverage of the FIM Motorcycling World Championship will be available via Yahoo! in the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Norway and Denmark. "Quokka Sports is addressing the entertainment passions of a global community of sports enthusiasts. We are pleased to be undertaking this agreement with Yahoo! in Europe to further extend our brand and reach to our international audience," said Marc Sondheimer, Manager of Content & Media Distribution, Quokka Sports. "Quokka is one of the pioneers in transforming the way users experience sports on the Web. We're pleased to be able to offer Quokka Sports digital sports programming to our users to enhance their online experience," said Yann Motte, Content Manager, Yahoo! Europe. About Quokka Sports Quokka Sports (www.quokka.com) has created a sports entertainment network that delivers unique interactive sports experiences to a passionate global sports community. With rich content that leverages technology's potential for merging entertainment and information, Quokka provides Sports Entertainment for the Digital World(TM). The Quokka Sports Network currently includes the following Internet properties: -- Quokka.com at http://www.quokka.com -- Olympic Games, trials, summer and winter sports at http://www.nbcolympics.com -- America's Cup 2000 at http://www.americascup.org -- BT Global Challenge at http://www.btchallenge.com -- Whitbread Round The World Race at http://www.whitbread.org -- The Around Alone Yacht Race at http://www.aroundalone.com -- Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) series at http://www.cart.com -- Motorcycle Grand Prix (500GP) series at http://www.motograndprix.com -- Marathon de Sables across the Sahara Desert at http://mds.quokka.com -- Expedition to the unclimbed Chinese Karakoram at http://firstascent.quokka.com -- First ascent of the Great Trango Tower in Pakistan at http://trango.quokka.com Quokka's programming is designed to engage viewers, give them control of the action sequence and let them experience and view sports from a variety of perspectives. Quokka's coverage of sporting events incorporates a wide range of digital assets, including video, text, audio, images, athlete biometrics, telemetry, environmental data, emails, results and timing. Quokka's content is distributed via the Internet, broadband and emerging digital media networks. Quokka's unique sports entertainment productions are enabled by Quokka Performance Team members Compaq Computer Corporation, Computer Associates International, Inc., and Intel Corporation. Quokka Sports has offices in San Francisco; Troy, Michigan; New York; Norwalk, Connecticut; and London. NOTE: Quokka and Quokka Sports are registered trademarks and QNews, A Digital Dose of Sports, Sports Entertainment for the Digital World and the Quokka Logos are trademarks of Quokka Sports, Inc. ots Original Text Service: Quokka Sports Inc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Jennifer Quermann of OutCast Communications, 415-392-8282, or fax, 415-392-8281, or jquermann@outcastcom.com, for Quokka Sports Inc. Web site: http://www.yahoo.com Web site: http://www.quokka.com Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT