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Baseball's Seattle Mariners and Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch have set up a ticketing programme that allows fans to bid for their tickets on the internet - with prices partly determined by demand.

Sportswear firm Puma has won more than $13m in damages over an NBA player breaching his endorsement contract.

The Canadian Olympic Association has signed a major multi-million-dollar, multi-year sponsorship agreement with Canada's Gas Station company: Petro-Canada.

The World Cup short-course swimming series has been cut from 12 meetings to 10 and will offer more prize money.

The NHL?s Toronto Maple Leafs have confirmed the sale of its 69-year-old Maple Leaf Gardens arena.

In twin announcements in London and Berlin, officials of the CART FedEx Championship Series announced the debut of Champ Cars on ovals in Britain and Germany in September 2001.

Entertainment specialist Haymarket Advertising, the media arm of Global Entertainment Media, has completed a merger with North American entertainment agency Echo Advertising + Marketing - a move which will consolidate the companies? sports client interests.

The National Hockey League won its arbitration case against Alexei Yashin, a decision that binds the star centre to the Ottawa Senators for one more season, the NHL said.

Canada's oldest brewer is thinking the unthinkable: selling the National Hockey League's fabled Montreal Canadiens, winners of more Stanley Cup championships than any other team.

CART has signed a deal with a radio station in Detroit to join its radio network for the remainder of the 2000 season.

All ten cities hoping to stage the 2008 summer Olympics met yesterday?s deadline for replying to an international Olympic Committee questionnaire.

Arnold Palmer just can?t stop making money from his long career in golf. The pivotal figure in the early career of

Internet Sports Network, the applications service provider of web-based games, contests, and promotions, has completed its acquisition of St. Clair Group Investments (SCG), the Toronto-based sports and entertainment media and marketing company.

A new set of offers to buy the Toronto Blue Jays MLB franchise, are expected to be tabled in the near future, according to the Toronto Star newspaper.

Nettaxi.com, a community and portal web site with over 44 million visitors per month, has renewed its sponsorship agreement with the San Jose Sharks for the 2000-01 hockey season.

Baseball Canada has chosen SAMsports.com?s baseball instructional CD as the ``official instructional tool/training product of Baseball Canada'' .