England

London’s Twickenham Stadium has been formally confirmed as one of the host venues for this year’s Rugby Championship after the full schedule for the national team tournament was unveiled today (Thursday), with Nelspruit in South Africa also set to stage a game for the first time.

The International Tennis Centre in Eastbourne, England, is to undergo a £44m (€57.3m/$64.6m) revamp after the venue secured hosting rights to the Aegon International tournament for the next 10 years.

European football’s governing body Uefa has said it will assess security measures in the wake of the violent clashes that have marred the opening of Euro 2016, and has threatened the Russian Football Union (RFS) and English Football Association (FA) with expulsion from the national team tournament in France should incidents continue.

Manchester-based corporate acquisitions and investment company CorpAcq has completed a takeover of English Premiership rugby union club Sale Sharks.

The 92 professional football clubs in the English Premier League and Football League were able to generate more than £4bn (€5.2bn/$5.8bn) in revenue for the first time in 2014-15, according to a report from financial services firm Deloitte.

English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has reached an agreement with the Football Association (FA) to play its Uefa Champions League home matches at Wembley Stadium during the 2016-17 season.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has said it is targeting its first day-night Test match against England in 2018, while Lord’s and Edgbaston have been linked to staging English cricket’s first such occasion next summer.

Golf’s Ladies European Tour (LET) has moved its showpiece European Masters tournament from London to Düsseldorf and has unveiled plans for a new event in Qatar.

London, Formula E’s current venue for its season-finale, is set to be dropped from the 2016-17 calendar for the electric car-racing series, with a host of new events added, including a double-header in New York.

The English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League, has unveiled plans for a major overhaul of its structure that would lead to a fourth division being established.

Sally Bolton has been appointed to the new role of head of corporate affairs at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and the Wimbledon Championships.

Chinese businessman Tony Xia has secured an agreement to acquire English football club Aston Villa for £60m (€78/$88m).

Everton has abandoned its plans to build a new stadium on the Walton Hall Park site in Liverpool, with the English Premier League football club instead turning its focus to two other brownfield sites in the city.

Chinese online retailer and internet company JD.com has entered into a partnership with English Premier League football club Liverpool.

English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur is in advanced talks with the country’s Football Association to play home matches at Wembley Stadium during the 2017-18 season.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced that the English city of Manchester will host its 2017 Men’s and Women’s World Championships, with record equal prize money on offer across both draws.