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The National Basketball Association (NBA) locked out its players at midnight on Thursday after eleventh-hour talks over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) ended in stalemate.

The battle for power at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) took another twist on Thursday as ousted acting president Lisle Austin claimed a court ruling would allow him to return to office.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) will become the second US major league to enter a lockout unless warring players and owners can find an eleventh-hour resolution to a labour dispute before a deadline of midnight tonight.

Barclays has extended its sponsorship of the US PGA Tour’s New York-area golf tournament through to 2016.

Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer has withdrawn his bid to buy the National Hockey League’s (NHL) troubled Phoenix Coyotes franchise.

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.