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National Football League side the Dallas Cowboys could be on the verge of becoming the first sports club to sponsor a major Winston Cup NASCAR team for an entire season.
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Walt Disney Co's ABC and ESPN units say US golfer Tiger Woods will appear in several special events for the two television networks over the next five years, in a widely expected deal.

Dallas cut the ribbon on Friday on a new $420 million (?480m) downtown arena for the NBA Mavericks and NHL Stars, packed with luxuries and high technology that made it the nation's most expensive hockey and basketball facility.
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Should basketball legend Michael Jordan decide to make a comeback with the Washington Wizards, his return would come on October 30 in New York against home side, the Knicks.

The inaugural UBS Warburg Cup, featuring two 12-man golf teams from the United States and The Rest of the World, will compete for a purse of US$3million (?3.4m) in a Ryder Cup-style format at The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resorts, in South Carolina, USA, from November 12-18.

The Los Angeles Track and Field Organising Committee (LATFOC) filed a complaint against Coca-Cola North America in a Los Angeles court this week for damages allegedly suffered when a dispute over sponsorship led to the cancellation of the Powerade Indoor Track and Field Championships in Feburary at Staples Center.

Bankrupt dot com pioneer Quokka Sports has put up for auction some of the $45million (?51m) in assets that the company left behind when it shut down operations in April this year.

A Milwaukee businessman has launched an ambitious bid to bring Major League Soccer to the city by proposing the construction of a $50million (?57.19m) privately financed stadium.

American business icon Jack Welch, who is set to call it a day at General Electric, is poised to buy his favourite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox.

Californian advertisers are free to brand racehorses after the local governing body reversed a long-standing ban.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has expanded its US Open partnership with United Airlines until 2005.
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Allan Houston became the highest paid NBA player in New York Knicks history in a $100 million contract.

The world's tallest buildings will play host to at least 40 daredevil skydivers from the United States, Europe and the Middle East in the first international base jumping tournament, Malaysian organisers said on Monday.

The NFL is claiming a yet-to-be-built stadium in downtown Detroit will be the most unique and innovative sports complex in the country.

Tele-Cine, the builders of secure TV and internet production facilities, has signed a long-term contract to provide transmission services for the digital TV channel gobarkingmad - a live, 24-hour greyhound racing channel where punters can see a race every five to eight minutes.

Susan Eid, an adviser to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has urged industry leaders in the cable market to end their quest for regulation of sports programming in the US.