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

The growing interest in interleague Major League Baseball games has seen a significant rise in TV ratings for host broadcasters Fox and ESPN.

A rematch between world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko is on the cards with the bout likely to take place on December 6.

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.

FoxSports.com, the online initiative of Fox Sports and Fox Sports Net, has assumed total control over all advertising and sponsorship sales, which was previously handled by Lycos.

The University of Miami has ended months of negotiations by confirming it will leave the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, effective from the 2004-05 academic year.

US grass-roots team the Continental Basketball Association's Grand Rapids Hoops will shut down for the 2003-2004 season because the league was unable to find an owner for the team.

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.

Virginia Tech will accept its invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, according to university president Charles M. Steger.

ESPN's ratings for the National Basketball Association (NBA) draft rose 24 percent from last year's broadcast on AOL Time Warner's TNT.

Miami will decide on Monday whether to accept its invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference after receiving counterproposals from the Big East schools.

A US Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit against sportswear giant Nike, alleging it lied about conditions in its overseas factories, can go ahead.

The global reach of the National Basketball Association (NBA) received a further boost after a record nine international players were taken in the first round of the league's annual draft.

A state report into the allegations of corruption at the New York Racing Association showed that the body failed to address the problems despite continual warnings.

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, has denied that his visit to Paris yesterday to endorse the Olympic TV coverage of Eurosport also represented a promotion of the French city as a potential host for the 2012 Games.