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The Russian Premier League has announced a broadcast deal spanning 11 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Morinari Watanabe is poised for an extended tenure as president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), as the world governing body shifted its 2020 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships back…

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix has become the latest stop on the 2020 Formula 1 calendar to be postponed because of the global spread of the Covid-19 pandemic

Saran Media, the Turkish media-rights agency, has extended its contract for the rights to tennis Grand Slam tournament Wimbledon for a further two years in a deal covering 13 territories

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will remain part of the Formula One calendar until at least 2023 after organisers today (Tuesday) sealed a three-year extension to their race deal with the motor-racing championship

Arif Rahimov, promoter for the Baku Formula One Grand Prix in Azerbaijan, has revealed that he has opened talks about a revised contract with organisers of the motor-racing championship as he seeks to secure a return to a June slot on the calendar, lower hosting fees and greater commercial benefits.

Atletico Madrid’s new stadium, the Wanda Metropolitano, will host the 2018-19 Uefa Champions League final while Baku’s Olympic Stadium gained the consolation prize of the Europa League final, as European football’s governing body agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL).

Arif Rahimov, the promoter of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, has hit out at criticism of the race by Greg Maffei, the chief executive of Formula One parent company Liberty Media.

The European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) has named host cities for a number of its showpiece events across 2018 to 2020, while it has introduced a new measure which aims to reduce the financial strain on competition organisers.

Baku’s Olympic Stadium and the future home of Spanish LaLiga club Atletico Madrid will contest the hosting rights for the 2018-19 Uefa Champions League final, European football’s governing body announced today (Friday).

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has announced that Baku will host the 2019 summer edition of multi-sport event the European Youth Olympic Festival.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stripped a further batch of medals from athletes caught doping at the 2008 and 2012 summer Olympic Games, with Kazakh weightlifting superstar Ilya Ilyin among those sanctioned.

Baku and Tokyo have been selected to host the World Judo Championships in 2018 and 2019, respectively, while North Korea has been confirmed as the host of next year’s Junior World Championships.

Ukraine’s Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, which reached the final of the Uefa Europa League last season, is one of three clubs to have been banned from European competition by Uefa, football’s European governing body.

International Judo Federation (IJF) president Marius Vizer has said six cities are in contention to stage its 2018 and 2019 World Championships, and has maintained North Korea remains a “genuine contender” to host the 2017 Junior World Championships.

Azerbaijan has been handed a race date of July 17 for its Formula One debut, with Baku’s European Grand Prix amongst a number of changes to the makeup of the calendar for a 2016 season of the motor racing series which is set to include a record 21 races.