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Business Ice Hockey

League, union decisions to stay in current labor deal is marked shift in tenor from the last quarter century of hockey labor relations
Fan Engagement Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League is confident its new puck and player tracking system will be ready for the 2019-20 post-season despite dropping Jogmo World Corp as its primary technology partner
Stadia Ice Hockey

Terms have been agreed on a deal that could potentially lead to the development of a new C$550m (€374.5m/$418.6
Sports Betting

Trade group for fantasy sports, sports wagering finds growing consumer link between the two activities
Attendance Baseball

Owner doubles down on radical plan, says club likely won't be able to survive full-time in Florida
Governance Basketball

In the wake of the Toronto Raptors' victory in the NBA Finals, two technology entrepreneurs have launched a bid to bring a WNBA team to the Canadian city
Events Ice Hockey

North American ice hockey league the NHL, along with its players’ union the NHLPA, have said they are keen to revamp the World Cup of Hockey into an event that is held on a regular basis every four years.
Business Baseball

Move by league's top-ranking ownership committee represents perhaps boldest step in Rays' long-running search for new ballpark
Events Luge

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has awarded its 2023 World Championships to Oberhof in Germany and approved a plan to relocate the 2021 edition of the showpiece event from Calgary to Whistler in…

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The 1988 Winter Olympics created a culture of sporting and volunteering excellence in Calgary. It’s a culture the city would look to tap should it come forward with a bid for the 2026 Games.

Football
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With the entry of Los Angeles FC and Nashville imminent, two new cities to be announced in spring, and two more by the end of 2018, Major League Soccer is in growth mode. Bob Williams investigates what makes a host city work for the league, and how LA FC and Nashville will seek to harness the culture of their respective homes.

Football
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Events – the USA's World Cup qualification debacle, the football federation's presidential election and two lower-league clubs bringing a case against Fifa to CAS – have conspired to put promotion and relegation back on the MLS agenda. Frank Dunne reports.  

Events

Mark Bisson looks at how the race to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games is hotting up following the collapse of Durban's project to stage the multi-sport event.
Events Ice Skating

The International Skating Union (ISU) has awarded hosting rights for World Championship events in its 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, with the French city of Montpellier seeing off competition from five rivals…
Fan Engagement American Football

The Canadian Football League has moved up the start time of Thursday's 2019 season opener due to a clash with the Toronto Raptors' appearance in Game 6 of the NBA Finals that evening.
Stadia

Montreal's Olympic Stadium, centerpiece of the 1976 Summer Olympics and more recently a frequent home for international soccer, is likely to get a new roof in time for its 50th anniversary and the 2026…
Governance Rugby League

The Rugby Football League (RFL) have approved the application of Ottawa to become the second North American city to place a team in the English-based league
Governance Women's Ice Hockey

Following last month's collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League, more than 200 top female hockey players have unionized and are eyeing a boycott of their sole remaining option for professional play,…
Marketing Football

The Canadian Premier League, Canada’s new club football competition, has agreed a four-year deal with sports data company Opta.
Fan Engagement Football

The Canadian Premier League enjoyed a successful opening weekend, with 17,611 fans attending the inaugural game: a 1-1 draw between between York 9 FC and Forge FC.
Fan Engagement Basketball

The NBA says it has broken its record for attendance for the fifth year in succession, with 760 sold-out games during the recently-completed 2018-19 regular season
Business Ice Hockey

Days after its Canadian rival announced it was ceasing operations, the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) board has approved expansion to Canada
Governance Baseball

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have agreed to make an early start on devising a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in what is deemed an unprecedented…
Events Winter Sports

Calgary, the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta, has been awarded the rights to host the Winter X Games for three years from 2020
Governance Baseball

Major League Baseball will introduce new lineup protocols this season. The effort is being undertaken due to the legalisation of state-sponsored sports gaming outside of Nevada
Fan Engagement American Football

The Oakland Raiders are exploring playing a pre-season game in Canada, which would come in addition to their regular-season game against the Chicago Bears in London
Governance Football

Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber on Monday revealed two promotions among executive staff and the league's New York headquarters
Fan Engagement Ice Hockey

Alex Ovechkin's heroics in leading the Washington Capitals to the 2018 Stanley Cup has helped place the superstar to the top of jersey sales for the 2018-19 season
Fan Engagement Golf

The PGA Tour is taking a look at changing the size of its weekend fields to increase the intensity of the competition during its tournaments
Football

A new cup competition pitting the top sides from Major League Soccer against top Liga MX sides could be launched as early as the second half of 2019 reports ESPN
Governance Ice Hockey

The NHL and NHL Players' Association have announced there will be no World Cup of Hockey in 2020, amid uncertainty over labor relations in the ice hockey league.
Sports Betting Ice Hockey

The NHL has tested real-time puck and player tracking in regular-season games for the first time and intends to have it in place across the league next season
Fan Engagement Ice Hockey

Upper Deck has signed a multi-year extension to its exclusive trading-card deal with the NHL and NHLPA, a partnership that dates back to 1990.
Governance Football

Canadian soccer team Ottawa Fury have been allowed to play in the United Soccer League in 2019 after Concacaf finally granted sanctioning.
Attendance Baseball

The Toronto Blue Jays, who are in the middle of a rebuilding process on the field, are expecting a further drop in attendance next year
Fan Engagement Ice Hockey

The NHL is looking to increase its fan engagement by allowing Amazon Alexa-enabled devices to provide news, schedules, scores and stats for each of its 31 teams.
Finance & Money Rugby League

Toronto Wolfpack have bought a "sizable minority stake" in fellow rugby league club London Skolars