Players reject latest deal
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Toronto - It&#39;s getting so late in the game, so to speak, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has offered federal mediation as a last-ditch possibility.
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Locked out players rejected the NHL's  final salary offer and submitted a counter-proposal on Tuesday,  just hours before commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to  announce the cancellation of the 2004/05 season.
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Locked out players have rejected the  NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end their bitter labor  dispute although they agreed to continue negotiations in a last  ditch effort to salvage the season.
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Everton officials have rejected a Â£20million (â¬29.8m) offer from Barclays Premiership rivals Newcastle for teenage striker Wayne Rooney.
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No deal. No surprise. Yesterday's deadline to sign franchise players to long-term extensions passed, with the Patriots and disgruntled cornerback Asante Samuel unable to strike a deal. The sides never were close to reaching an accord.
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The National Hockey League rejected an  offer from the players in the latest round of labor  negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a  lockout start to the season next month.
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TORONTO -- The NHL rejected last week&#39;s proposal by the players&#39; association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3Â½-hour negotiating session.
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Sport: Darren Bent has rejected West Ham's reported offer of a mammoth contract to hold out for a club challenging in Europe next season.
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Everton this week rejected bids from Manchester United and Newcastle for the England international, only for the 18-year-old to hand in a transfer request on Friday.
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TORONTO : The National Hockey League slid closer towards losing a season to a labor dispute for the first time, as players rejected a new bid by management to end a three-month lockout.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The National Hockey League will reject last week&#39;s National Hockey League Players&#39; Association proposal on Tuesday, according to The Sports Network of Canada.
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Players rejected the U.S. Soccer Federation's offer to send their labor dispute to arbitration and instead proposed on Monday that mediation be used in an effort to get the regulars on the field for next month's World Cup qualifier at Trinidad and Tobago.
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The NHL plans to reject the players&#39; association&#39;s latest collective bargaining agreement proposal today in Toronto, and the 2004-05 season appears destined for cancellation.
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has again dismissed proposals by the players&#39; union for a luxury tax as the sport&#39;s lockout continues.
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Joe Torre refused a $5 million contract offer that would have kept him as baseballâs highest-paid manager but would have represented a cut from his present salary.
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Ricky Williams rejects a deal that would have allowed him to serve a four-game suspension this season and return to the NFL next year.
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Rangers reject an Â£8m bid from Newcastle for France defender Jean-Alain Boumsong.