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North America’s Major League Soccer has announced it will begin trialling the use of video referees.

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has appointed International Rowing Federation (FISA) vice-president Tricia Smith as its interim president in the wake of Marcel Aubut’s resignation amid allegations of sexual harassment.

Toronto Mayor John Tory confirmed today (Tuesday) that the city will not be making a late bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, but added that an advisory group will be formed to target future major sports events in the wake of the feel-good factor generated from hosting the 2015 Pan American Games.

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has reiterated its support for a potential bid by Toronto to stage the 2024 summer Olympic Games, as the city faces a decision over whether to meet the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) deadline of tomorrow (Tuesday).

Six countries will host Hockey World League Round 2 events in early 2017, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced.

Toronto officials have admitted the late emergence of interest in a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games has put the city behind in the race to meet the International Olympic Committee (IOC) deadline, while Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) president Marcel Aubut has stressed the pursuit of a bid would end interest in the 2026 winter Games.

Elisha Chauhan asks whether opening and closing ceremonies for major sports events should be held outside the walls of a stadium in order to truly showcase host regions and their iconic landmarks.

IPC Snowboard, the global governing body for para-snowboard, has included its first events in North America and Asia on its 2015-16 calendar.

Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) president Marcel Aubut has said he will pursue a Toronto bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as the city’s staging of the Pan American Games came to a close yesterday (Sunday).

Toronto Mayor John Tory says a decision over a potential 2024 Olympics bid is imminent, while a politician from the Canadian city has mooted the possibility of combining with Boston’s troubled pitch for the Games.

North American ice hockey league the NHL has said it will focus exclusively on proposals for expansion franchises received from groups in Las Vegas and Quebec City after confirming it has received two applications from an initial 16 expressions of interest.

Las Vegas and Quebec City are understood to be the only cities to have lodged a formal expression of interest in securing an expansion franchise in North American ice hockey league the NHL, as an initial deadline expired yesterday (Monday).

The Major League Soccer Players Union, the organisation that represents players in North America’s MLS, has voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement it struck with the league earlier this year.

The FISE World Series has unveiled a shortlist of four candidates to host new action sports events on its annual calendar from 2016.

The success of Toronto’s 2015 Pan American Games, which get underway tonight, will be judged against “Olympic standards,” according to the event’s chief executive, Saad Rafi.

The Toronto Raptors has become the latest franchise in the National Basketball Association to acquire the right to own and operate a team in the NBA D-League development competition.