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Washington could find out on Thursday that major league baseball plans to return next season after a 33-year gap.

The NFL’s San Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park has been renamed Monster Park in a $6 million deal with a local electronics company.

The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to accept an offer from Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio to buy the team from the family of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.

Olympic officials have announced details of their inspectors’ whistle-stop tour next year of bid cities hoping to stage the 2012 Games.

The general manager of the Los Angeles Coliseum has expressed optimism about the possibility of an NFL franchise playing there in four years.

NBA referees will meet in Chicago today to decide whether to accept or reject the league's latest contract proposal, amid renewed optimism that an agreement is not far off.

Rugby Canada has appointed Edmonton lawyer Roger Smith as its new president.

From next season SBC Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, plans to offer Wi-Fi users instant replays on demand, possibly even of different angles on controversial plays.

Washington has decided on where to build a ballpark for the Montreal Expos if major league baseball moves the team to the nation's capital.

The US Tennis Association (USTA) has announced its nominations for officers and directors of the USTA board of directors to serve during 2005-2006.

The Tennis Channel has signed a six-year extension to maintain the US telecast rights to the International Tennis Federation’s three prestigious competitions: Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, Fed Cup and Hyundai Hopman Cup.

Lawyers for the former limited partners of the Montreal Expos plan to ask a federal judge to block major league baseball from moving the team, reports ESPN.com.

Boston Red Sox officials hope to add up to 2,000 seats to Fenway Park after next season as part of a bid to be unveiled to the neighborhood and the city, reports ESPN.com.

The Boston Red Sox have sold out their entire 81-game home schedule for the first time in franchise history, the Associated Press reports.

The lack of a new collective bargaining agreement between NHL players and owners means a lockout is rapidly approaching, with the current deal set to expire at midnight.

Real Madrid is the football club with the biggest potential global fan base according to a survey of 1,000 people in 13 countries carried out by Sport+Markt.