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Major League Baseball (MLB) has reaffirmed its commitment to the Japanese market by announcing it will open its 2019 season in the country, along with scheduling an All-Star Tour for later this year.

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to Calgary for the first time since 2012 after scheduling an event in the Canadian city for July 28.

Calgary City Council is planning to stage a plebiscite to harness public opinion on the Canadian city’s potential bid to host the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

North American basketball league the NBA has appointed Derek Chang as the chief executive of its China division.

A Canadian bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games remains on the table after a crucial city council vote in Calgary yesterday (Monday) saw the project given the green light to proceed.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and its 10 member associations have thrown their weight behind the United 2026 bid for the Fifa World Cup.

Calgary’s proposed bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is in jeopardy after the Canadian city’s council passed a motion for it to definitely state its support or non-support for the proposal.

SportsMedia Technology has filed a lawsuit against the MLB Advanced Media division of North America’s Major League Baseball for allegedly reneging on a deal between the two parties.

North American stock car-racing series Nascar has promoted Steve Phelps to the position of chief operating officer.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Tuesday) confirmed that seven National Olympic Committees (NOCs) met the deadline to register official interest in hosting the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, ahead of a final decision in September 2019.

The 1988 Winter Olympics created a culture of sporting and volunteering excellence in Calgary. It’s a culture the city would look to tap should it come forward with a bid for the 2026 Games.

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has moved to defend its bidding process for the 2026 World Cup after the chairman of Morocco’s proposal questioned the impartiality of the organsiation’s president, Gianni Infantino.

Commonwealth Games Canada chief executive Brian MacPherson plans to ask for the 2030 edition of the multi-sport event to be earmarked for his country at next month’s Commonwealth Games Federation general assembly.

The United 2026 team representing the joint bid between the US, Canada and Mexico for the Fifa World Cup has proposed MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as the host venue for the final of the tournament.

The International Canoe Federation has announced that Dartmouth in Canada and Augsburg in Germany will host the 2022 editions of its Sprint World Championships and Slalom World Championships, respectively.

Councillors in Calgary have voted in favour of a corporation being created to explore the Canadian city’s bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.