Eastern Europe

Football
Business

Uefa president Michel Platini has said Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations have served to reduce the cumulative losses of Europe’s top clubs by more than 50 per cent, adding that European football’s governing body will hold a meeting to discuss the current situation in Russia and Ukraine on September 18.
Events

The Czech Grand Prix is set to remain on the MotoGP calendar for the coming years after event stakeholders held positive talks over the future of the event, one of the most popular rounds of the motorcycling series.

Tennis
Events

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has removed forthcoming Davis Cup ties from Israel and Ukraine, adding the two countries will not be permitted to stage events for the foreseeable future.

Swimming
Events

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has elected to move its World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships out of Israel due to the “unstable and unpredictable” situation in the region.

Football
Stadia

Shakhtar Donetsk, champion of football’s Ukrainian Premier League, will play its home games in Lviv, more than 600 miles to the west, due to the ongoing conflict in the country.
Events

Lviv has become the latest city to drop out of the race to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games due to political and economic instability in Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced this (Monday) morning.

Football

Serbian football club Red Star Belgrade has been banned from participating in the Uefa Champions League next season, while two Turkish clubs have also been barred from competing in the Europa League.
Events

The Polish city of Krakow has withdrawn its bid for the 2022 winter Olympics after almost 70 per cent of voters decided against backing the tilt at the Games in a referendum staged on Sunday.

Football
Events

Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, Ukraine’s ambassador to the European Union, has called for Russia to face serious EU financial sanctions and lose the hosting rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament over its annexation of Crimea.

Basketball
Business

FIBA Europe, the governing body for basketball in Europe, has granted a request by the Ukrainian Basketball Federation to postpone a decision on whether the EuroBasket 2015 national team tournament can take place in the country.

Athletics
Business

The European Athletics Council has awarded its 2017 Indoor Championships to Belgrade, while Tbilisi has landed the inaugural edition of the Youth Championships in 2016.

Sailing

The Polish city of Swinoujscie will host the 2015 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Youth Match Racing World Championship.

Winter Sports
Business

Krakow’s Deputy Mayor Magdalena Sroka has been appointed as the new leader of the Polish city’s bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games.

Triathlon

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has said it remains committed to hosting its Sprint European Cup event in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk on May 24.

Handball

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has announced its hosting plans for the Men’s Euro 2016 national team competition in Poland, including an extended tournament playing schedule.

Winter Sports

Krakow’s bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games has suffered a substantial blow after bid committee president Jagna Marczulajtis-Walczak was forced to resign from her post claiming a “smear campaign”.

Winter Sports
Business

Lviv officials have announced the Ukrainian city’s bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games is to be put on hold until after national presidential elections have taken place on May 25.

Generations For Peace volunteers in 15 countries led activities to demonstrate how sport can be used as a tool to bridge gender, religious and ethnic divides in their communities as part of Sunday’s first-ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP).