England

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has agreed a five-year deal, from the 2015-16 season until 2019-20, to increase the amount of money it pays to teams in the Championship second-tier domestic club competition.

London-based financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (CFE) has announced the establishment of a sports finance group.

The English Football Association (FA) has appointed Martin Glenn as its new chief executive.

Liverpool has posted net income of £900,000 (€1.2m/$1.4m) for the 2013-14 financial year – the English Premier League football club’s first annual profit in seven years.

The Qatar International Equestrian Committee is to join forces with horse racing organisations in the UK and France to launch a lucrative new three-race series.

The International Paralympic Committee has announced that London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will host this year’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final on July 26.

English rugby union clubs in the country’s top-tier Premiership will propose an expanded competition for the start of the 2016-17 season without promotion or relegation, according to the Telegraph.

English cricket stakeholders are discussing the possibility of wide-ranging changes for the game at domestic and international level, including shortening the length of the Test match and one-day international (ODI) formats.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the election of Colin Graves as its next chairman.

Kevin Roberts: It's time the Premier League works on improving its image.

Formula E has announced that London has been granted an extra round of the inaugural season of the motor racing championship as organisers revealed that the final event of the campaign will take place on a circuit within the grounds of Battersea Park.

The Australian National Rugby League (NRL) is reportedly considering staging the opening game of its 2016 season at London’s Wembley Stadium as part of an effort to generate more interest outside its home market.

UK Chancellor George Osborne has revealed that the English county of Yorkshire is hoping to place a bid to host the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Road World Championships.

Sportswear company New Balance has confirmed plans to enter the football market by folding its existing Warrior Football business into a new brand dedicated to the sport.

French company Vinci Stadium has been awarded a 25-year contract to manage and operate the former Olympic Stadium, the venue which acted as the centrepiece of London’s staging of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Netball Federation (INF) has awarded the hosting rights for its 2019 World Cup to the English city of Liverpool.