England

The World Snooker Championship will remain in the UK city of Sheffield for at least the next 10 years after a new deal was brokered by World Snooker.

The organising committee for the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Championships, which will be held in the English capital of London, has today (Thursday) appointed a new co-chair and four new non-executive directors.

The Rugby Football League has struck a deal to introduce a team based in Toronto, Canada, into the sport’s third tier in England.

The Football Association (FA) in England has praised the families of 96 football fans who died as a result of the Hillsborough stadium disaster 27 years ago after a jury today (Tuesday) said that the victims were unlawfully killed.

The All England Club, organiser of the Wimbledon Championships, has revealed that total prize money for this year’s tournament will increase to £28.1m (€36.3m/$41m), in a move that continues an ongoing upward financial trend across the four grand slam tennis events.

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has announced that the final of this year’s Four Nations national team tournament will take place at Anfield, the home of English Premier League football club Liverpool.

Leaders has detailed a wide-ranging list of nominations for its 2016 Leaders Under 40 Awards, ahead of the deadline for applications next month.

Harlequins has become the latest English Premiership rugby union club to launch a bond initiative, with the goal of raising funds to aid growth plans in its home market and overseas.

The Football League, which operates the three divisions below the English Premier League, has announced that Ian Lenagan is set to succeed Greg Clarke as chairman in June following a unanimous recommendation by the organisation’s board of directors.

Collective pre-tax profits generated by English Premier League football clubs dropped by 37 per cent in the 2014-15 season, according to a new report by financial services company Deloitte.

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has today (Thursday) confirmed that English Premier League football club West Ham United will pay £2.5m (€3.1m/$3.5m) per season in rent for the Olympic Stadium, which will become the team’s new home from the 2016-17 campaign.

The English city of Liverpool is considering a bid to host the 2026 edition of the Commonwealth Games multi-sport event.

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) looks set to be forced to release the full details of its agreement with West Ham United over the Olympic Stadium, the soon-to-be new home of the English Premier League football club.

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the sport’s governing body in the UK, and The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which organises the Wimbledon Championships, have announced changes to the competition schedule in the lead-up to the grand slam event.

London’s Twickenham stadium will host the first-ever Rugby Championship game to take place in the northern hemisphere, it has been confirmed today (Tuesday).

The Global Poker League has announced that its inaugural GPL Finals will be held in London as it prepares to commence its debut campaign next week.

English Premier League football clubs have agreed to a restructuring of the Short Term Cost Control (STCC) rules that limit the amount of money they can spend on player wages.

Bill Beaumont, chairman of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union’s governing body, is set to succeed Bernard Lapasset as chairman of World Rugby after the global organisation confirmed his nomination for the position.