Events

Major League Baseball players have taken the first step toward filing a collusion grievance against club owners by requesting management documents about negotiations with free agents this off-season.

US promoter Dover Motorsports has declared a quarterly cash dividend on both classes of common stock of $.01 per share.

Soccer Australia has completed a trio of major sponsorship deals this year after confirming airline Qantas as the naming rights sponsor for all of the country's national soccer teams.

The latest stage in the saga which is dominating the run up to the Cricket World Cup takes place today as the ICC braces itself for new calls to move games out of Zimbabwe.

The UK government looks certain to delay its long-awaited decision on whether to back a bid for the 2012 Olympic Games as a result of heightening tensions in the Middle East.

A rematch between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson has taken a big step forward after promoters for Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko confirmed his planned heavyweight bout with Lewis was off.

Buffalo businessman Mark Hamister’s bid to buy NHL team the Buffalo Sabres has been held up by creditors of the club's broadcaster, Adelphia.

The NBA's New Orleans Hornets says its entertainment-based marketing campaign is bringing people through the turnstiles this season.

Eurosport is to give indoor hockey its highest ever TV exposure with a deal to broadcast the inaugural Indoor Hockey World Cup next month.

Live Aid pioneer Bob Geldof has emerged as the unlikely figure who could prompt the England cricket team to boycott playing its controversial World Cup game in Zimbabwe.

Wireless communication firm Verizon Wireless has entered into an exclusive, long-term, multi-million dollar major sponsorship agreement with the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, NBA's Chicago Bulls and the United Center.

Advertisers who spent millions of dollars on securing slots during the Super Bowl will await with interest a study into the viewing habits of those with the TiVo personal video player.

The rows over the staging of games during this year's Cricket World Cup show no sign of abating after New Zealand called on the game's governing body, the ICC, to scrap Kenya as a venue for the tournament.

FIFA has signed its latest official partner for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Confusion reigns over Lennox Lewis' next bout with the promoter of Ukranian boxer Vitali Klitschko (pictured) insisting his title challenge is still on, despite claims talks between the two fighters broke down last week.

England rugby league tournament, the TXU Energi Challenge Cup, has been rebranded the Powergen Challenge Cup.