England

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has opted to take its official match-day hospitality in-house with the launch of a new venture, while the governing body for rugby union in England has also struck an eight-year extension to its partnership with online sports apparel and merchandise retailer Fanatics.

The English Premier League has today (Thursday) become the first major European football league to revamp rules governing the summer transfer window, with the deadline for incoming deals set to close before the start of the 2018-19 season.

The team behind London’s successful bid for the 2012 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has said it is confident that its campaign was clean and that no underhand tactics were at play during the bidding process.

Birmingham has today (Thursday) been chosen ahead of Liverpool to be England’s bid city for the hosting rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Steve Brown has been appointed as chief executive of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the governing body for rugby union in England.

Mark McCafferty, the chief executive of Premiership Rugby, which operates the top division of rugby union in England, has suggested that the competition is not prepared to alter its schedule to give the British & Irish Lions more time to prepare for a tour of South Africa in 2021.

Jon Dutton has been appointed as chief executive of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, which will take place in England.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has awarded hosting rights for the 2018 edition of its Team World Cup to the English capital of London.

Edgbaston became the first English county cricket ground to host a day/night Test match last week when England played the West Indies. Ben Cronin spoke to Warwickshire County Cricket Club's chief executive Neil Snowball to find out if the new format had been of commercial benefit to the county.

The UIM, the global governing body for powerboat racing, has confirmed that it will stage a Grand Prix event in the English capital of London next year as part of its 2018 Formula 1 Powerboat racing (F1H20) World Championship.

The All England Lawn and Tennis Club (AELTC), organising body of Wimbledon, has secured a £175m (€195.8m/$228m) loan facility for the second phase of the redevelopment project at the grounds of the UK’s grand slam tennis tournament.

English Premier League football club Southampton has announced that it has concluded a takeover deal with Jisheng Gao, owner of Chinese company Lander Sports Development.

A majority of English Premier League clubs are thought to be in favour of pushing through changes that would bring the transfer window forward to before the start of the season, according to multiple reports.

US video game developer Activision Blizzard has announced the sale of a further two franchises for its new Overwatch League, with US esports organisation Cloud9 securing the rights to a London team and the Kroenke family landing a second franchise in Los Angeles.

North American basketball league the NBA has scheduled regular-season games in Mexico City and London, with the Brooklyn Nets set to be at the heart of events in Mexico.

The English Football Association (FA) has today (Wednesday) announced its intention to bid to host the 2021 edition of the Uefa European Women’s Championship.