Eastern Europe

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled plans today (Tuesday) for new headquarters and announced that the Peruvian capital of Lima will host the organisation’s 2017 Session during which the host city for the 2024 summer Olympics will be selected.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has awarded its 2017 World Championships to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, while the evolution of the sport has continued with the introduction of a new fencing format.

Tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have sealed new endorsement deals with wine maker Jacob’s Creek and telecommunications company Sunrise, respectively.

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship has added new events in Japan and Russia to its 2015 calendar.

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has elected Minsk, Belarus and Erzurum, Turkey as the respective hosts of the summer and winter editions of the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has granted hosting rights for major events to Ostrava, Kampala and Nairobi after awarding the 2019 World Championships to Doha in Qatar yesterday (Tuesday).

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has issued bans to musician Vanessa-Mae and five officials for competition fixing offences at an event leading up to the 2014 winter Olympics.

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV), the governing body of volleyball in Europe, has awarded hosting rights for the 2017 men’s European Championship to Poland and the women’s European Championship of the same year to Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted provisional recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee ahead of the organisation potentially receiving full member status at the next IOC Session to be held in December in Monaco.

The Polish city of Torun will continue to host a round of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) after the Marian Rose Motoarena venue reached a new three-year agreement with the series’ commercial rights-holder BSI Speedway.

Pole vault great Sergey Bubka has been re-elected as president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine ahead of his expected run for the top job at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has hailed the success of its 2014 Men’s World Championship after the national team event generated record ticket sales.

The prospect of a Hungarian bid for the 2024 Olympic Games appears to be over after Budapest’s Mayor, Istvan Tarlós, described the idea as “unrealistic”.

Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) president Zsolt Borkai has thrown his support behind a possible Budapest bid for the 2024 summer Games, adding that “concrete steps” could soon be taken towards formalising an offer.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has received bids from Slovakia and Switzerland to host its 2019 World Championship.

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) president Dr Ary Graca has warned nations looking to host its men’s World Championships  not to bid if they are unable to provide the sort of spectacle which kick-started a “new era” for the sport in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday.