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MLS eyes more international stars
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber wants to encourage more deals like the one that brought England’s David Beckham to the US.
MLS avoids strike with new labour deal
US Major League Soccer has prevented a first-ever strike by reaching a new five-year collective bargaining agreement only a few days before the start of the season on March 25.
MLB goes overseas with Puerto Rico fixtures
Major League Baseball teams the New York Mets and Florida Marlins will play a three-game series in Puerto Rico in June.
Sponsors welcome Woods back
The sponsors who stood by Tiger Woods through the revelations of his infidelities have been boosted by the news of his return at the US Masters.
Uniting a (very big) country
Canadians report a surge in national pride in the afterglow of the Olympics.
Woods return announcement expected “soon”, says Finchem
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said yesterday he expects Tiger Woods to announce his return to action soon.
NRL lands US TV deal
Australian rugby league’s NRL has got US television coverage under a deal with America One Television.
MLS players to strike if no deal reached
US Major League Soccer players have voted to strike if a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is not agreed by the season start on March 25.
Woods rejects $75m Paddy Power deal
Tiger Woods has turned down a $75 million, five-year sponsorship deal with Ireland-based bookmaker Paddy Power.
USOC ties knot with British Olympic Association
The “special relationship” between the US and the UK has come to Olympic sport, as the British and American Olympic associations have signed a new agreement which they say will benefit all countries.
Paddy Power in £5m per year gamble on Woods
The bookmaker Paddy Power is planning its biggest-ever sponsorship deal, a £5 million-per-year minimum contract with Tiger Woods.
USF1 team off the track, Serbian replacement rejected
The US-based Formula One team USF1 will not race this season as planned, and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has said it will not be replaced by another team.
Biggest US ice hockey audience since 1980 for Olympics final
The biggest US television audience for an ice hockey match in 30 years was drawn by the Winter Olympics men's gold-medal match between Canada and the US on Sunday night. But that still doesn't mean NHL players will be at the Sochi 2014 Games, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said.
ESPN360-style streamer for Europe and Middle East
ESPN has launched ESPN Player, a new online video streamer for Europe and in the Middle East similar to its US service ESPN360.
Nike waits for Tiger to come out of the woods
Nike wants Tiger Woods to stay off the golf course until he is completely rehabilitated, after the trauma of the disclosure of his extra-marital afters, but says it will stand by their commercial deals with him.
MLS player pay agreement expires
Major League Soccer’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) – the deal which sets the commercial terms of players' involvement in the league – has run out, and the 2010 season looks likely to start without a new one being signed.
USF1 future in doubt following sponsor withdrawal
The USF1 team’s future was cast in doubt after financial services group, Locstein, withdrew its sponsorship yesterday.
Vancouver gives NBC primetime ratings victory
The Vancouver Winter Olympics accounted for six of the seven most-watched primetime ratings last week on US network NBC.