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Intrawest Corp.'s Mont-Tremblant ski resort, the biggest in eastern Canada, said on Thursday that it had reached an agreement in principle with its unionized workers on a new labour pact.

Following a flat year on the business side of the US motorsports industry, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, president and chief operating officer of Speedway Motorsports, Inc, has said that the growth experienced by the industry, and NASCAR Winston Cup racing in particular, during the 1990s will resume in 2001.

Websites have already established themselves as the fundamental means of communication for sports teams beyond their national boundaries, disintermediating the need for broadcasters, according to evidence presented by speakers at the IOC New Media Conference in Lausanne.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc is hoping the success of its WWF.com site will be replicated by XFL.com.

Australian architectural practice Bligh Voller Nield, whose designs were integral to the 2000 Olympic Games, has received the International Award in this year?s Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Awards for the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand.

Players? agent Jeff Moorad has faxed a $200m proposal to the Cleveland Indians offering the services of free-agent outfielder Manny Ramirez .

The National Football League will award the 2004 through 2006 Super Bowls at league meetings next week in Atlanta.

The US Major League Soccer (MLS) season drew to a close on Sunday when the Kansas City Wizards won the MLS Cup against the Chicago Fire. But the TV ratings indicate that MLS is still struggling to develop a mainstream following.

Pro Player Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins, has added two new professionals to the management staff.

Final arguments in the criminal trial of hockey player Marty McSorley for a brutal on-ice slashing incident were set for Friday with debate over his actions were intentional or reckless at the forefront.

New York Gov. George Pataki has balked at letting the Yankees baseball team quit their fabled home in the Bronx and move into a gargantuan new stadium which the mayor of New York City wants to build on Manhattan's West Side.

The European Union has welcomed the settlement of a row over foreign television access to the Sydney Olympics.

The season-ending championships of the WTA Tour, a fixture in New York for 29 years, will be moved to Munich, Germany, beginning next year.

A lesbian couple thrown out of Dodger Stadium during a baseball game because they were kissing passionately received a public apology from the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as free tickets for future games.

Organisers of the Sydney Olympic Games have received a poor report card for their running of the event, according to a major opinion poll.

Two businessmen who say the Walt Disney Co. stole their idea for a sports-theme attraction have asked a jury to award them $1.5 billion in damages.