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The Los Angeles Dodgers plunged further into crisis on Monday as the beleaguered Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court.

Universal Sports has acquired a major package of media rights covering a number of International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup events through to the conclusion of the 2015-16 season.

CONCACAF has no interest in shifting the Gold Cup away from the United States until another country shows it can generate the same financial windfall through hosting the tournament, according to the organisation’s general secretary, Chuck Blazer.

The New York Islanders National Hockey League (NHL) franchise has taken a giant step towards securing a deal to stay in Long Island.

The National Hockey League (NHL) board of governors have approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, paving the way for the franchise to be relocated to Winnipeg in Canada for the start of next season.

The future of the Los Angeles Dodgers is once again in limbo after Major League Baseball (MLB) rejected a proposed TV contract that would have thrown the beleaguered franchise a financial lifeline.

The future of the Heritage golf tournament in South Carolina has been secured after the RBC and Boeing penned a five-year title sponsorship deal.

Shinnecock Hills will stage the US Open in 2018 after the United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that the tournament would return to the Long Island club in seven years’ time.

Fox Soccer will start to bundle multi-platform content packages in the US to allow subscribers the option of watching games via computers and tablet devices, the broadcaster announced on Wednesday.

Kia Motors America has been unveiled as the presenting partner of this year’s National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft.

The taxation of athletes competing in the UK is “absurd”, according to the Sports and Entertainment Group at Saffery Champness.

NBC Universal splashed out US$4.38 billion to acquire the most expensive national broadcast package in Olympic history on Tuesday as the network retained the US broadcast rights to the next four editions of the Games.

Fox threw down the gauntlet to its rivals in the tender for the US broadcast rights to the Olympics on Monday by pledging to bid for a package covering four Games through to 2020.

Molson Coors Canada and the National Hockey League (NHL) have pledged to appeal an Ontario court’s ruling that could jeopardise a record sponsorship deal between the two parties.

Tiger Woods is to part company with IMG after announcing he is staying with Mark Steinberg, the agent who helped to transform the golfer into the world’s first billion-dollar sportsman.

National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner David Stern has expressed confidence a work stoppage can be avoided after the league held the latest set of labour talks with the players’ union on Wednesday.

Tom Gores’ takeover of the Detroit Pistons has been unanimously approved by the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) board of governors.

Winnipeg in Canada is set to welcome back National Hockey League (NHL) action after True North Sports and Entertainment (TNSE) completed a takeover of the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday.