England

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected English media reports that the 2016 summer Olympic Games could be moved from Rio de Janeiro to London, the host city of the 2012 Games.

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has appointed Blake Solly as the first general manager of Super League, English rugby league’s elite club competition.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has appointed the English county of Rutland as host of its 2015 Team Racing World Championship.

A commission by the English Football Association (FA) into improving the prospects of the national team by developing more homegrown players has proposed introducing a new division of Premier League ‘B’ teams.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has installed former International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan as its next president.

Leaders has announced that its annual Leaders Sport Summit will return in a revamped format to Stamford Bridge, home of English Premier League football club Chelsea, on October 8-9.

Rugby World Cup Limited chairman Bernard Lapasset has said organisers in England are on course to deliver a “record-breaking” edition of rugby union’s showpiece event in 2015.

UK Athletics has appointed Sally Bolton as managing director of the organising committee for London’s hosting of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Championships and International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athletics World Championships in 2017.

Matthew Glendinning, Editor of SportBusiness International sister publication Sports Sponsorship Insider, rounds up they key issues raised at this year’s ESA (European Sponsorship Association) Sponsorship Summit in London.

London’s Queen’s Club tennis venue has partnered with mobile ordering platform Q App to enhance its customer service.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced that the overall prize fund for this year’s Wimbledon Championships will total £25m (€30.4m/$42m), an increase of £2.4m on the previous year’s grand slam tournament.

Uefa has announced that 19 members associations have put forward final bid dossiers for Euro 2020, with London and Munich set to compete for the showpiece package of the national team football tournament.

English Premier League football club Liverpool has unveiled plans to expand its Anfield home to a capacity of around 58,800 as it bids to end a long-running saga over the future of its historic stadium.

Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Ian Ritchie has questioned the compensation figure sought by English Premiership clubs with regards to England’s staging of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, pointing out that they stand to benefit from a home tournament.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a groundbreaking partnership with England’s Loughborough University under which it claims to be the first international sports federation to introduce a dedicated ‘innovation centre’.

Businessman Marc Green has completed a deal to take over English Super League club Bradford Bulls after the acquisition of the rugby league club was ratified by the sport's governing body in England, the Rugby Football League (RFL).