Canada

The Canadian Football League has taken control of the financially troubled team franchise the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Sporting events across the US and Canada found themselves in chaos last night as a massive power outage forced event organisers to reschedule and postpone at short notice.

WestJet has signed as official national airline of the 2003 Road World Cycling Championships taking place in Hamilton, Canada.

Gatorade has pulled out of the race to sign an exclusive sponsorship deal with NBA sensation LeBron James in the soft drinks category.

Bernie Ecclestone has denied he has ditched next year's Canadian Grand Prix - a move which seemed sure to fuel speculation Formula One would stage a second US race.

US Olympic broadcaster NBC has reason to celebrate after Vancouver won the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Vancouver's victory in winning the 2010 Winter Olympics was unexpectedly close it has emerged, with the Canadian city winning by only three votes.

Vancouver has been named as the host city for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge will open the envelope containing the name of the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics later this afternoon.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge will confirm the host city for the 2010 Winter Olympics later this week with Vancouver, Salzburg and Pyeongchang fighting it out for the prize.

The Swiss Olympic Committee will decide at the start of next month whether the city of Zurich is to bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

An agreement has been made in principle to continue the CART Champ Car World Series at the Portland International Raceway.

The New Zealand city of Hamilton is weighing up a bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Salzburg 2010 Olympic bid committee has made further changes to its proposal after dropping the venues in Ramsau from its plans.

The National Hockey League's board of governors have unanimously approved the sale of the Ottawa Senators to Biovail Corp. chairman Eugene Melnyk.

World cricket's governing body the ICC has signed an apparel deal with AJ Sports Ltd.

The Turin 2006 Winter Olympics organising committee has lost its leading female member Cathy Priestner Allinger who has resigned her post to join the family business.

A leading bookmaker has installed South Africa as overwhelming favourites to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup - and Salzburg top to host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.