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 tomake Quokka's digital sports programming available in multiplelanguages across local Yahoo! sports pages. Quokka's digitalcontent and coverage of America's Cup 2000, one of the world'smost popular sailing events, and the FIM Motorcycling WorldChampionship, will be specially packaged for Yahoo! users. As part of this agreement, local Yahoo! sports pages carryingthe Quokka content will be co-branded with Quokka's logo and thecontent will be adapted for each local market. Users who areinterested in obtaining more in-depth Quokka-style coverage willbe able to link to localized pages of Quokka.com. Quokka's tailored coverage of America's Cup 2000 will beavailable via Yahoo! in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Germany,Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and New Zealand andAustralia. Quokka's immersive coverage of the FIM MotorcyclingWorld Championship will be available via Yahoo! in the UnitedKingdom and Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, andNorway and Denmark. "Quokka Sports is addressing the entertainment passions of aglobal community of sports enthusiasts. We are pleased to beundertaking this agreement with Yahoo! in Europe to furtherextend our brand and reach to our international audience," saidMarc Sondheimer, Manager of Content & Media Distribution, QuokkaSports. "Quokka is one of the pioneers in transforming the way usersexperience sports on the Web. We're pleased to be able to offerQuokka Sports digital sports programming to our users to enhancetheir online experience," said Yann Motte, Content Manager,Yahoo! Europe. About Quokka Sports Quokka Sports (www.quokka.com) has created a sportsentertainment network that delivers unique interactive sportsexperiences to a passionate global sports community. With richcontent that leverages technology's potential for mergingentertainment and information, Quokka provides SportsEntertainment for the Digital World(TM). The Quokka Sports Network currently includes the followingInternet 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 athttp://www.cart.com -- Motorcycle Grand Prix (500GP) series athttp://www.motograndprix.com -- Marathon de Sables across the Sahara Desert athttp://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 themcontrol of the action sequence and let them experience and viewsports from a variety of perspectives. Quokka's coverage ofsporting 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 andemerging digital media networks. Quokka's unique sportsentertainment productions are enabled by Quokka Performance Teammembers Compaq Computer Corporation, Computer AssociatesInternational, Inc., and Intel Corporation. Quokka Sports hasoffices in San Francisco; Troy, Michigan; New York; Norwalk,Connecticut; and London. NOTE: Quokka and Quokka Sports are registered trademarks andQNews, A Digital Dose of Sports, Sports Entertainment for theDigital World and the Quokka Logos are trademarks of QuokkaSports, Inc. ots Original Text Service: Quokka Sports Inc.Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Jennifer Quermannof OutCast Communications, 415-392-8282, or fax, 415-392-8281, orjquermann@outcastcom.com, for Quokka Sports Inc. Web site:http://www.yahoo.com Web site: http://www.quokka.com

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