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Davey Johnson, who has specialized in turning teams around as a manager, will move to the Los Angeles Dodgers next season.

The New York Yankees' four-game sweep of the San Diego Padres has resulted in the lowest World Series rating ever, but there were still consolations for Fox

The New York Mets and Mike Piazza are close to a long-term contract agreement that could make the All-Star catcher the highest paid player in baseball, according to broadcast reports.

The owners of the Oakland Athletics baseball team have put the team up for sale amid a legal dispute with local government officials over the team's lease at the Oakland Coliseum.

NBA owners presented several new proposals to the players at the weekend, in an attempt to head off the cancellation of the remainder of November's regular season games.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said that he expected England to present a strong, professional bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals - although Africa was still the logical choice to stage the tournament.

Alexandru Siperco, veteran Romanian member of the IOC who persuaded Communist authorities to compete in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, died on Monday. He was 78.

In a move to keep cable TV on the bench during this spring's NCAA men's college basketball tournament, broadcast network CBS and satellite TV company DirecTV has unveiled plans for joint coverage of the event.

Negotiators for NBA owners and the locked out players have spent four hours at the bargaining table discussing less contentious non-economic issues.

NBA Commissioner David Stern cut two more weeks off the NBA schedule, and then met with the players to see if the sides could compromise on the "guts" of a new deal. The earliest the season could begin is now December 1st.

New Orleans was awarded its ninth Super Bowl on Wednesday, beating out San Diegofor the rights to the 2002 NFL title game.

A Texas judge has declared Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu an adult, ending a bitter legal dispute in which she accused her parents of squandering the fortune she made in sports.

A basic framework for an NBA labour agreement appeared to be in place following eight hours of talks Wednesday between NBA owners and players but both sides acknowledged they were not yet close to making a deal.

Athletics chiefs have revamped their fixture list for next season in a bid to make Wednesday nights a focal point for top-class track and field.

John Wasson, the construction consultant hired to get the San Fancisco 49ers Candlestick Point project moving, has announced that the stadium is on schedule, despite speculation surrounding the teams ownership.

Representatives of locked-out NBA players and owners spoke briefly by telephone on Friday, and lawyers for both sides will meet Monday ahead of the next full negotiations tentatively set for Wednesday, league spokeswoman Teri Washington said.