England

Premiership Rugby, the organising body of England’s top division of club rugby union, has appointed Ian Ritchie as its new independent, non-executive chairman.
 

English Premier League football club Manchester United has submitted an application to the Football Association (FA) to form a professional women’s team.

The English Football Association (FA), has today (Wednesday) revealed that it was able to invest a record £127m (€145.4m/$178.7m) across all levels of the domestic game during the 2016-17 season, despite a fall in revenue.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is closing in on a deal to stage a two-game regular season series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at London Stadium next year, according to multiple reports.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts promotion will stage its first event in the English city of Liverpool later this year, it has been announced.

World Taekwondo has formed a working group to explore the possibility of the sport being included on the programme for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, as well as future editions of the multi-sport event.

Andy Nash has hit out at what he claims are unacceptable levels of corporate governance at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after tendering his resignation as a director in protest over the emergence of a compensation package scheme for the country’s Test match grounds.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with English Premiership club Harlequins, the first time it has entered into an official relationship with an overseas team.

This year’s GolfSixes tournament will feature both male and female players in a move that marks a first for a European Tour-organised team event.

English Premier League football club Leicester City has agreed to pay the English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier competition, £3.1m (€3.5m/$4.3m) to settle a Financial Fair Play dispute stretching back to the 2013-14 season, the year it was promoted from the second-tier Championship.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has named the eight venues for its new Twenty20 competition under a revamped model for assigning rights to its major events.

US-based motorsport series the Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) has agreed a deal for English circuit Lydden Hill to stage its 2018 season finale.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that six locations will stage legs of its Track Cycling World Cup in 2018-19, with only Milton in Canada returning as a host destination from last season.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today (Thursday) closed an investigation into allegations of corruption concerning an Ashes Test match between Australia and England last year, stating there is “no evidence” to suggest any wrongdoing took place.

The English Premier League has confirmed that it is to discuss the possibility of introducing a winter break to the calendar before finalising terms on the next round of domestic media rights for the club football competition.

English Premier League football clubs spent £430m (€490.7m/$610.7m) in the January transfer window, smashing the previous record that was set in 2011 by £205m.