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(/Events/News/117688) Feehan quits Six Nations and Lions after 16 years

Rugby union - 23 Apr 2018 - Events

John Feehan has quit as chief executive of rugby union's Six Nations and the British & Irish Lions after 16 years in the post. (/Events/News/117682) Coates urges Tokyo 2020 to give IFs answers quickly

Olympics - 23 Apr 2018 - Events

John Coates, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's coordination committee for Tokyo 2020, told local organisers today to front up to questions about games' preparations.

(/Events/News/117691) Mumbai would be focus of Indian bids for Olympics, Youth Olympics

Olympics - 23 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Mumbai would be the focus of an Indian bid to host the Youth Olympic Games in 2026, followed by a possible bid to host the 2032 Olympic Games, it has emerged, after Narinder Batra, the president of the Indian Olympic Association, revealed last week that the country was planning bids for the two events, plus the Asian Games of 2030. (/Events/News/117687) Ireland’s Adare Manor eyes Ryder Cup

Golf - 23 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Adare Manor, the golf course in Limerick in Ireland, is to bid to host the Ryder Cup, according to its owner JP McManus.

(/Events/News/117670) India plans bids for Olympics, Youth Olympics and Asian Games

Olympics - 20 Apr 2018 - Bidding

India is planning bids to host three major sporting events in the next few years, culminating with the Olympic Games in 2032, according to the Indian Olympic Association. (/Events/News/117663) GAISF launches process to appoint host city for inaugural World Urban Games

Games - 20 Apr 2018 - Federations & NOCs

The Global Association of International Sports Federations, the international federations’ umbrella body, today launched the process to appoint a host city for the inaugural edition of the World Urban Games (described as a ‘working title’), with the aim of staging the event in 2019.

(/Events/News/117635) World Rowing to extend new 'event attribution process' to 2025 and 2026

Rowing - 19 Apr 2018 - Bidding

World Rowing, the international rowing federation, is considering opening its new bidding process, or ‘event attribution process’, for the World Rowing Championships of 2025 and 2026, after the system helped it to ﬁnd a host for the 2022 event, despite the federation having received no formal bids for the championships. (/Events/News/117653) F1 enters fantasy sports with equity stake in PlayON

Motor racing - 19 Apr 2018 - Sponsorship

Formula 1 has today announced the launch of a fantasy sports game and the acquisition of a stake in PlayON, a Dublin-based software company.

(/Events/News/117655) ECB tinkers with T20 format for new competition

Cricket - 19 Apr 2018 - Events

The England and Wales Cricket Board is proposing a modiﬁed version of the Twenty20 format for the new short-form domestic competitions it is introducing in 2020. (/Events/News/117647) Jamaica ‘working on’ Commonwealth Games bid

Games - 19 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Jamaica could bid to host the Commonwealth Games, according to Olivia Grange, the country’s minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport.

(/Events/News/117637) Paris 2024 to go to market for sponsors in Q3

Olympics - 19 Apr 2018 - Events

The organising committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is to launch its marketing programme in the third quarter of this year, president Tony Estanguet has revealed. (/Events/News/117642) More 'Rhein Ruhr City 2032' bid details unveiled

Olympics - 19 Apr 2018 - Events

A total of 14 cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state in Germany, have been unveiled as part of a proposed bid to stage the 2032 Olympic Games.

(/Events/News/117627) FFT triumphs in Viagogo legal case

Tennis - 18 Apr 2018 - Legal

The FFT, the French tennis federation, is celebrating a legal victory over Viagogo, the online ticketing exchange, following ruling by the Tribunal de Grande Instance, Paris’ High Court. (/Events/News/117633) World Taekwondo opens bidding for 2021-2023 events

Taekwondo - 18 Apr 2018 - Bidding

World Taekwondo has opened the bidding process for its events from 2021 to 2023.

(/Events/News/117630) FAI 'proud' for drone racing as World Games get new logo

Air sports - 18 Apr 2018 - Events

The FAI, the world air sports federation, has welcomed the decision to include drone racing in the World Games for the ﬁrst time. (/Events/News/117622) Haggerty: No room for ITF and ATP World Cup events

Tennis - 18 Apr 2018 - Events

David Haggerty, the president of the International Tennis Federation, has admitted there is not space in the sport’s calendar for two national team competitions as the governing body battles with the ATP, the organisation that oversees the men's game, to launch new initiatives.

(/Events/News/117613) Tokyo 2020 faces wrath of IFs over Olympics preparations

Olympics - 18 Apr 2018 - Events

Tokyo, once dubbed by the International Olympic Committee as the safe pair of hands to host the Olympic Games in 2020, has come under ﬁre from several international federations for the slow pace of progress and response to questioning. (/Events/News/117617) Lagardère Sports to sell Handball World Championships hospitality

Handball - 18 Apr 2018 - Hospitality

Lagardère Sports Germany, an arm of the international sports marketing agency, is selling hospitality packages to matches at handball’s 2019 Men’s World Championships taking place in Germany.

(/Events/News/117612) Gold Coast's Carney follows Commonwealth Games baton to Birmingham

Games - 18 Apr 2018 - Events

Birmingham, the English city set to host the next Commonwealth Games in 2022, has appointed experienced major events executive Neil Carney as project director. (/Events/News/117596) Lalovic calls on ASOIF peers to unite against political meddling

Wrestling - 17 Apr 2018 - Events

Nenad Lalovic, the president of United World Wrestling, today urged his peers in the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations to join forces in the ﬁght to eradicate political interference - often manifested through boycotts - in sport.

(/Events/News/117603) Commonwealth Games success reignites hopes of Olympic netball

Netball - 17 Apr 2018 - Events

The International Netball Federation is set to hold talks with the International Olympic Committee at SportAccord in Bangkok this week to discuss a renewed attempt at getting the sport included in the sports programme at the Olympic Games, it has been reported. (/Events/News/117590) Calgary 2026 Olympics bid still aﬂoat after city council vote

Olympics - 17 Apr 2018 - Bidding

The Canadian city of Calgary remains in the hunt to host the 2026 winter Olympic Games after councillors voted in favour of continuing with the bid process.

(/Events/News/117597) Organisers hope second FISE event in Saudi Arabia might include women

Action sports - 17 Apr 2018 - Events

Hurricane, the French company behind the FISE World Series of action sports events, is hopeful that female athletes might be included in a second edition of a FISE event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after the ﬁrst event in late March was well received in the country, which is undergoing a transformation to a more open society under its progressive crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud. (/Events/News/117582) Lausanne 2020 bids to plug SFr5m budget gap through sponsors and VIK

Olympics - 17 Apr 2018 - Sponsorship

Organisers of the Lausanne 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games in the so-called ‘Olympic Capital’ are seeking to plug a SFr5-million ($5.2-million) gap in the games budget with a mixture of local sponsorship and value-in-kind deals, with a possible deal with a telecoms company on the horizon, according to Ian Logan, chief executive of the organising committee.

(/Events/News/117594) LPGA's Portland Classic brings in IMG to attract new sponsors

Golf - 17 Apr 2018 - Events

IMG, the international sports and entertainment company, is to assist with the sales and marketing of the LPGA Portland Classic, the long-running golf tournament on the top women’s tour in USA, it has been revealed. (/Events/News/117584) Asian Tour going back to Pakistan this year

Golf - 17 Apr 2018 - Events

Pakistan is to host its ﬁrst prominent international golf tournament in 11 years with the Chief of Naval Staﬀ Open Golf Championship to take place in Karachi in July.

(/Events/News/117568) Gold Coast apologies for closing ceremony glitches after 'games of ﬁrsts'

Games - 16 Apr 2018 - Events

The organisers of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia have admitted mistakes in the planning of yesterday’s widely-criticised closing ceremony, albeit the 12-day event as a whole has been deemed a success, and “a games of ﬁrsts.” (/Events/News/117578) Conmebol behind United 2026 as South Africa backs Morocco

Soccer - 16 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Conmebol, the South American soccer confederation, has endorsed the North American bid for the 2026 Fifa World Cup, while South Africa has given its backing to the rival bid from Morocco.

(/Events/News/117570) Racquetball and softball return to World Games programme

Games - 16 Apr 2018 - Events

Racquetball and softball will once again feature on the programme for the World Games after the line-up for the 2021 edition in Birmingham, Alabama was revealed. (/Events/News/117573) Rwanda eyeing bid for UCI Road World Championships

Cycling - road - 16 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Rwanda could bid to host cycling’s UCI Road World Championships in the near future, according to Aimable Bayingana, president of the African country’s national federation.

(/Events/News/117564) World Skate endorses SLS events in advance of skateboarding's Olympics bow

Skateboarding - 16 Apr 2018 - Events

World Skate, the new international governing body for skateboarding, has today unveiled an agreement with Street League Skateboarding, the organiser of the top professional tour in the sport, for the sanctioning of the SLS World Tour and Super Crown World Championships. (/Events/News/117559) UFC to stage annual event in Singapore to 2020

Mixed martial arts - 16 Apr 2018 - Events

Mixed martial arts' Ultimate Fighting Championship has signed a three-year deal to stage an annual event in Singapore.

(/Events/News/117567) Riot Games and MTV pair up for eSports event eSports - 16 Apr 2018 - Events

Riot Games, the video game publisher owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent, has teamed up with MTV, Viacom’s entertainment television channel, to launch an eSports event in southeast Asia. (/Events/News/117541) F1 eyes China venture and plans May launch for OTT platform

Motor racing - 13 Apr 2018 - Events

Liberty Media, the owner of Formula 1 motor racing, is in talks with potential Chinese partners to set up a new local venture in a bid to grow the sport in the country, according to reports.

(/Events/News/117549) Calgary mayor on the oﬀensive ahead of 2026 bid D-Day

Olympics - 13 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Calgary, has slammed as "remarkably shortsighted" a decision by city councillors to hold a new vote next week that could end the Canadian city's hopes of staging the 2026 winter Olympic Games. (/Events/News/117546) Fifa open to Conmebol request for 48-team World Cup in 2022

Soccer - 13 Apr 2018 - Events

Gianni Infantino, president of Fifa, has reacted positively to a request from Conmebol, the South American soccer confederation, that expansion of the World Cup to 48 nations be brought forward to the 2022 tournament in Qatar.

(/Events/News/117553) Potential Queensland bid for 2032 Olympics 'boosted by Commonwealth Games'

Olympics - 13 Apr 2018 - Bidding

A potential bid centred on the Australian state of Queensland to host the Olympic Games in 2032 has been boosted by the success of the Commonwealth Games presently taking place in Gold Coast, according to Peter Beattie, chair of the organising committee for those games. (/Events/News/117552) AFL’s Grand Final to remain at MCG until 2057

Australian football - 13 Apr 2018 - Events

Australian Rules football’s Grand Final will continue to be staged at the historic Melbourne Cricket Ground until at least 2057 after a new deal was reached between the league and the local Victorian government.

(/Events/News/117522) Gﬁnity ‘not ruling out Asia’ in expansion plans eSports - 12 Apr 2018 - Events

Gfinity, the UK-based eSports promoter in which Pitch International, the international sports marketing agency, holds a stake, could take its series to Asia as part of its wider expansion plans, according to Mark Brittain, Gfinity’s chief commercial officer. (/Events/News/117519) Uefa sticks with SecuTix for major tournaments to 2021

Soccer - 12 Apr 2018 - Ticketing

SecuTix, the Swiss company, has been awarded a new contract by Uefa to be the ticketing software licence provider to major European soccer national team and club competitions between the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons.

(/Events/News/117521) Two games later, SIS Live stills seeks Delhi 2010 payment of £28m

Games - 12 Apr 2018 - Events

Eight years after the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, and with the next edition of the games but one presently under way in Gold Coast, Australia, SIS Live, the UK-based company that provided the host broadcast television production and coverage facilities and services in Delhi, is reported to have written to Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, India’s sports minister, claiming it is still owed £28 million ($40 million) for the services it provided.

(/Events/News/117518) MLB All-Star Game heading to LA's Dodger Stadium in 2020

Baseball - 12 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles is to host its ﬁrst Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 40 years in 2020, league commissioner Robert Manfred has announced.

(/Events/News/117508) Croatia joins Infront's B2Run series, Bosnia set to follow

Athletics - 12 Apr 2018 - Events Ten countries are set to stage B2Run events in 2019 after Infront, the international sports marketing agency that owns the corporate running series, acquired a running series in Croatia, which includes the option of an event in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(/Events/News/117504) Genoa joins Sailing World Cup Series for 2019 and 2020

Sailing - 12 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Genoa, the Italian port city, is to join sailing's World Cup Series, the annual circuit for Olympic sailing and Para World Sailing, from next year.

(/Events/News/117503) Keith Prowse extends hospitality role at Queen's Club

Tennis - 12 Apr 2018 - Hospitality Keith Prowse, the UK-based agency, has been awarded a new six-year contract by the Lawn Tennis Association to continue as the hospitality provider at Queen’s Club, the pre-Wimbledon grass-court tennis tournament.

(/Events/News/117494) Ominous news for Olympic bid as Calgary council to vote again

Olympics - 11 Apr 2018 - Bidding

Calgary’s city council has decided to hold a new vote over whether to proceed with a bid to host the 2026 winter Olympic Games, the latest in a series of moves that look increasingly ominous for the chances of the bid progressing.

(/Events/News/117499) Cricket's Asia Cup moved from India to UAE

Cricket - 11 Apr 2018 - Events Cricket’s 2018 Asia Cup, the regional one-day international competition, has been relocated from India to the United Arab Emirates.

(/Events/News/117482) Minneapolis pens two-year X Games extension

Action sports - 11 Apr 2018 - Events

Minneapolis, in the US state of Minnesota, is to remain as host of the ESPN X Games, the series of extreme sports events owned and promoted by the cable sports broadcaster, until 2020.

(/Events/News/117458) ‘Several venues’ interested in new Air Race E series

Air sports - 10 Apr 2018 - Events Several cities have already expressed an interest in hosting races in a new electric aeroplane racing series, according to the event’s founder Jeﬀ Zaltman.

(/Events/News/117468) CVC 'wants back in' as owner of MotoGP's Dorna Sports

Motorcycling - 10 Apr 2018 - Events

CVC Capital Partners, the private equity group and erstwhile owner of Formula 1, is eyeing a return to motor sports with a swoop for Dorna Sports, the promoter and commercial rights-holder of motor cycling’s MotoGP.