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Business

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig is open to the idea of expanding the play-offs at the end of every season, but has insisted recent talk of realigning the League’s divisional structure is premature.
Business

The National Football League (NFL) sealed a victory in its ongoing dispute with the players’ union on Friday as a US appeals court rejected an earlier order from a lower court to lift the lockout.
Media

ESPN has snatched the exclusive US broadcast rights to the Wimbledon tennis Grand Slam from NBC in a 12-year deal reported to be worth US$400 million.
Business

The National Basketball Association (NBA) locked out its players at midnight on Thursday after eleventh-hour talks over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) ended in stalemate.
Business

The battle for power at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) took another twist on Thursday as ousted acting president Lisle Austin claimed a court ruling would allow him to return to office.
Business

The National Basketball Association (NBA) will become the second US major league to enter a lockout unless warring players and owners can find an eleventh-hour resolution to a labour dispute before a deadline of midnight tonight.
Business

Barclays has extended its sponsorship of the US PGA Tour’s New York-area golf tournament through to 2016.
Business

Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer has withdrawn his bid to buy the National Hockey League’s (NHL) troubled Phoenix Coyotes franchise.
Business

The Los Angeles Dodgers plunged further into crisis on Monday as the beleaguered Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court.
Media

Universal Sports has acquired a major package of media rights covering a number of International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup events through to the conclusion of the 2015-16 season.
Business

CONCACAF has no interest in shifting the Gold Cup away from the United States until another country shows it can generate the same financial windfall through hosting the tournament, according to the organisation’s general secretary, Chuck Blazer.
Business

The New York Islanders National Hockey League (NHL) franchise has taken a giant step towards securing a deal to stay in Long Island.
Events

The SportAccord Convention has announced that the main hotel for next year’s event in Québec will be the famous Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.
Business

The National Hockey League (NHL) board of governors have approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, paving the way for the franchise to be relocated to Winnipeg in Canada for the start of next season.
Business

The future of the Los Angeles Dodgers is once again in limbo after Major League Baseball (MLB) rejected a proposed TV contract that would have thrown the beleaguered franchise a financial lifeline.
Business

The future of the Heritage golf tournament in South Carolina has been secured after the RBC and Boeing penned a five-year title sponsorship deal.
Events

Shinnecock Hills will stage the US Open in 2018 after the United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that the tournament would return to the Long Island club in seven years’ time.
Media

Fox Soccer will start to bundle multi-platform content packages in the US to allow subscribers the option of watching games via computers and tablet devices, the broadcaster announced on Wednesday.