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The England cricket team’s tour of India later this year looks set to be shelved because of the political crisis in the Middle East.

Emirates Airlines have announced the end of their sponsorship of racing’s World Series.

The National Football League’s (NFL) effort to resolve the scheduling of its play-offs and to find a new date and location for the Super Bowl competition is unlikely to be decided until next month.

The National Football League’s (NFL) effort to resolve the scheduling of its play-offs and to find a new date and location for the Super Bowl competition is unlikely to be decided until next month.

YankeeNets LLC, the soon to be launched regional TV network for the New York Yankees, has hired the experienced John Fillippelli as head of production.

GTC Transcontinental Group plans to sell its publications The Hockey News and Hockey Business News as it shifts its publishing focus away from sports, according to a leaked internal memo.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.

Two of the prime backers in YankeesNet - the soon-to-be-launched regional TV network for the New York baseball franchise - have reportedly pulled their combined $170million (B

The Dallas Cowboys, one of the world’s most successful sporting franchises, is proposing to sell exclusive rights to four sections of their 30-year-old Texas Stadium rather than slap a corporate name on it.

Dick Pound, a loser in the vote for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency has found himself in the centre of controversy over a series of payments made by the IOC to his law firm.

Olympic leaders have painted an apocalyptic picture this week of the potential devastation from an attack on the opening ceremony of an Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee will give Games security top priority when its executive board meets in Lausanne tomorrow.

The European Ryder Cup board is to confirm new dates for the contest – following the decision at the weekend that the 2001 event should be postponed.

Professional teams from throughout the western USA will be looking to recruit new staff at the 2nd Annual Sports Career Seminar and Job Fair in Washington state next month.

Hockey’s Men’s Champions Trophy could be moved from Pakistan as a result of the recent terrorist attacks in the United States.