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English Premier League football club Chelsea has appointed Christian Purslow, a former executive at rival Liverpool, as its head of global commercial activities.

IPC Athletics, the international organisation for para-athletics, has shifted the 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships from Doha, Qatar to London, UK.

Organisers of the 2015 Rugby World Cup have reported record demand after 950,000 tickets were sold in last month’s general sale round for the rugby union national team tournament.

Chancellor George Osborne has pledged UK government support to the National Football League (NFL) potentially basing an American football franchise in London.

English Premier League football club Chelsea has confirmed that Ron Gourlay is to step down from his role as chief executive in order to pursue new business opportunities.

Refurbishment work on London’s Olympic Stadium could increase in cost by around £50m (€63.7m/$80m) according to reports, taking the overall cost of the facility beyond £600m.

Four unnamed regions are in the running to contest London’s staging of the ATP World Tour Finals, according to Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) chief executive Chris Kermode.

In the fourth in a series of five mini reports on sports event hosting, in association with the Ultimate Sports Cities rankings, we take a look at tourism and public interest. There is a discussion of the latest thinking around tourism and public interest, and case studies looking at the top five cities in the category of tourism and public interest in this year's rankings - London, Melbourne, Sochi, Copenhagen and Calgary.

Leaders has announced that a record number of delegates attended the seventh edition of its flagship Leaders Sport Business Summit, which was held last week at Stamford Bridge in London.

Greg Dyke, the chairman of England’s Football Association, has dropped his controversial plan to introduce ‘B’ teams into the Football League, which represents the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League.

English Premiership rugby union team Wasps has acquired a 50 per cent shareholding in the Ricoh Arena, with the club stating its impending move to the Coventry venue will make it the biggest revenue generator in the league.

Football’s English Premier League is increasing its efforts to introduce competitive matches played abroad, according to multiple reports.

Selected sessions from the 2014 Leaders Sport Business Summit will be streamed live from Stamford Bridge, home of English Premier League football club Chelsea, on October 8-9 via Leadersinsport.com.

Key figures from Fifa, Coca-Cola and Apex-Brasil are the latest additions to the international speaker line-up for the Leaders Sport Business Summit.

English Premier League team Manchester United could play midweek friendly matches overseas to fill the void left by the absence of Uefa Champions League football at Old Trafford this season.

A host of new speakers have been announced for the Leaders Sport Business Summit, which takes place on October 8-9 at Stamford Bridge in London, home of English Premier League football club Chelsea.