Sponsors to Return to Masters Next Year
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Augusta National Golf Club will restore commercials to the Masters next year, lifting the ban on advertising it imposed in 2003.
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Andy Murray will make his return from injury at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington at the end of this month.
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The Tour de France, more than any other event, is the time when companies hope to reap the benefit of the millions of dollars they spend each year on their teams.
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Winners of April's Boston Marathon will go home a little richer this year, as chief sponsor John Hancock Financial Services yesterday announced an increase in prize money.
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The Masters will have a guy named Palmer playing at Augusta National next year - just not the King. Ryan Palmer was among five Nationwide Tour graduates who earned a spot in the 2005 Masters on Monday, when the final world ranking of the year was published and allowed Augusta National to start putting invitations in the mail.
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PACIFIC PALISADES, California  - Masters champion Phil Mickelson, known for his meticulous approach to the majors, plans to use two drivers in his bag for the second year in a row at Augusta National.
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Tiger Woods will play in the Skins Game and the Target World Challenge. Vijay Singh has the PGA Grand Slam and the Father-Son Challenge. Other top players can chase free money at the UBS Cup or the Shark Shootout.
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The organisers of European Masters Series tournaments will meet in Paris on Tuesday to discuss ways to curb the number of withdrawals by leading players from their events.
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German sports goods firm Adidas-Salomon sees a recovery with rising sales in its key U.S. market, it said on Tuesday, as it took on archrival Nike on its home turf by sponsoring the U.S. soccer league.
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FASHION models will replace volunteer ball boys and girls at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament starting this weekend. Tournament organisers today confirmed a report in the sports daily newspaper As, but declined to give details.
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After two years of controversy surrounding one of golf&#39;s most celebrated events, the Masters Tournament is attempting a return to normalcy.
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It didn't take Masters champion Phil Mickelson long to find a new equipment deal, signing an endorsement contract with Callaway Golf on Tuesday just one week after he left Titleist.
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The return of Roger Federer and the battle for spots at the season-ending Masters Cup will spice up the Paris Masters Series tournament starting on Sunday.
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This year's Australian Open golf championship has been moved back a month to December as part of a reshuffled Australasian PGA Tour schedule.
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SILVER SPRING, Md.  - Lance Armstrong will decide  in April whether to ride in this year's Tour de France but said  on Monday he has a deal with his team's new sponsor to ride in  the world's leading cycling race at least once more.
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Television advertising is back at the Masters. Martha Burk and her campaign against the all-male membership at Augusta National might not be too far behind.
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All but three of the 24 players who   contested the weekend's Ryder Cup will be back in action at the   $7.5 million WGC-American Express Championship which starts in   Hertfordshire on Thursday.