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The loss-making Canadian basketball franchise, the Vancouver Grizzlies, have been given permission by the NBA to explore a move to another city.

Beijing declared itself ready for inspection for its bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, but urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to let politics influence its judgement.

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the parent company for the NHL's Maple Leafs, the NBA's Toronto Raptors and the owners of the Air Canada Centre are set to debut a 24-hour channel devoted to the Maple Leafs in September.

The chief executive of the Canadian Olympic Association, Carol Anne Letheren, has died in Toronto.

Carol Anne Letheren, chief executive officer of the Canadian Olympic Association and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), remained in critical condition in intensive care in a Toronto hospital on Thursday.

British Olympic chiefs will meet government ministers today to decide whether London can launch a bid to bring the Olympic Games back to Britain for the first time since 1948.

Canada said it might submit a bid to host the 2010 World Cup as a way of sending a message to the world that it was serious about one day hosting the world's premier soccer tournament.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has pledged to do "what is necessary" to ensure that the six Canadian franchises will "stay strong" in the NHL.

The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Summer Olympics have all submitted their official candidature files ahead of the deadline, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.

Molson Inc. has a tentative deal to sell its fabled but struggling Montreal Canadiens hockey club to a U.S.-backed group, but will keep a minority interest.

A Toronto city councillor has warned that taxpayers may drown in debt if the city emerges as the host of 2008 Olympics.

Jan Zelezny, winner of three Olympic javelin gold medals and one of a dozen active athletes who are members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has warned against awarding the 2008 Games to Beijing.

A human rights group said Chinese police detained four dissidents on Monday for urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to use Beijing's bid for the 2008 Games to press China to free jailed democracy activists.

The owner of NBA franchise the Vancouver Grizzlies has denied reports he is planning to move the team.

Virtual imaging firm Princeton Video Image, Inc. (PVI) is to produce a branded first-down line for the first time in the international live television feeds of Super Bowl XXXV.

Mario Lemieux?s comeback game for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Toronto Maple Leafs doubled the television audience ESPN usually gets for an NHL game.