England

The domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa have entered into a new partnership with the aim of developing a new national team competition.

English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur has had revised plans to develop what will be London’s biggest club football stadium approved by its local Haringey Council.

The Football League, which operates the three divisions below the English Premier League, has announced that chairman Greg Clarke will step down at the end of the current 2015-16 season.

English Premier League champion Chelsea has taken a major step forward in its efforts to resolve its stadium issues by submitting a full planning application for the complete redevelopment of its Stamford Bridge home.

World Snooker has announced that its Players Championship will be staged in the English city of Manchester for the first time next year.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced it was able to generate record revenue of £207.9m (€295.6m/$312.7m) during its 2014-15 financial year.

English Premier League football champion Chelsea posted a loss of £23.1m (€32.8m/$34.9m) during the 2014-15 season, according to its latest annual results through to June 30 of this year.

US mixed martial arts organisation Bellator MMA has unveiled plans for its first live events outside North America, with the UK, Italy and Israel announced as destinations for 2016.

The Football League, which operates the three club divisions below the English Premier League, is to be re-named the English Football League (EFL) as part of a wider corporate and competition re-brand.

US-based private equity firm Peak6 Investments has acquired a 25 per cent stake in English Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth.

American football league the NFL has today (Tuesday) added to its London venue portfolio by agreeing a three-year deal with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which will see regular season games played at Twickenham, the home of the English national rugby union team.

Organisers of the 2015 Rugby World Cup will return an £80m (€111m/$123m) surplus to World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, it has been announced.

London Irish is set to break new ground for the Premiership, the top division of rugby union in England, by taking a home game to New York on March 12.

Premiership Rugby, the governing body of the top division of club rugby union in England, has rejected reports that clubs in the competition are breaking salary cap regulations, despite confirming it had pursued “certain issues” with some teams over the wage limit in the 2014-15 season.

American football league the NFL has today (Thursday) extended its agreement to play regular-season games at Wembley Stadium for an additional five years, meaning that at least four games per year will be played in London from 2018.

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has hailed the commercial success of the 2015 World Cup, stating that the ongoing national team tournament has benefited from having its core business partners and sponsors locked down a year in advance.