England

The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, in partnership with the UK’s Ministry of Defence, has announced the formation of a new international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick service personnel, which will take place in London from September 10-14.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has hailed the English Premier League club’s progress off the pitch despite posting a net loss of £49.9m (€60.6m/$83.4m) for the 2012-13 financial year.

English Premier League football club Manchester United has teamed up with internet services company Google to launch a new initiative that aims to include the team’s global fan base in the match-day experience at Old Trafford.

Top-level snooker will return to Preston for the first time in nine years after the sport’s global governing body chose to relocate its Players Championship Grand Final to the English city.

Rally enthusiast Richard Bevan, the League Managers Association (LMA) CEO and former CEO of the English Professional Cricketers Association (PCA), was appointed chairman of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) late last year. He talks us through his sports industry career highs and lows.

Leaders will welcome UFC joint owner Lorenzo Fertitta to London for a one-off breakfast event on March 6, when he will explore the future landscape of sport and changing behaviour of consumers.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has taken an innovative step by launching what it claims is the first ever smartphone application specifically targeted at away fans.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has been granted permission to add up to 14,500 seats to its Etihad Stadium.

England Rugby 2015, the organising committee for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, has launched its volunteer programme for the event.

The seventh edition of the annual Leaders Sport Summit will take place in London on October 8-9, 2014, organisers of the event have announced.

Leeds Rhinos chief executive Gary Hetherington has called on English Super League and Australian NRL officials to approve the expansion of the World Club Challenge from 2015 stating the move would present increased broadcast and commercial revenues for rugby league.

English Premier League football club West Ham United has agreed a deal to sell its Upton Park stadium once its move to London’s Olympic Stadium is completed in 2016.

Golf’s European Tour and the IMG agency have confirmed that the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship will take place at the London Golf Club in Kent, England from October 15-19.

Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has claimed that he expects the English Premier League club to break even “in the immediate future” despite posting a net loss of £51.6m (€62.6m/$85.4m) for the 2012-13 financial year.

English Premier League club Manchester United has confirmed it is in talks with several different sportswear companies with a view to sealing a new kit partnership deal for the start of the 2015-16 season.

Formula E, the International Motorsport Federation’s (FIA) new electric racing series, has announced that its new headquarters and team facilities will be based within the grounds of the Donington Park circuit in the UK.