Europe

City Events organisers have outlined plans for the next edition of the conference, which will be held in Paris on March 14-15.

SportBusiness International explores the reasons behind the collapse of Hamburg’s bid for the Olympics, and the impact on future bidding processes

International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has confirmed that the sport is dealing with its first high-profile case of “technological fraud” following an incident at the Cyclo-Cross World Championships at the weekend.

The Bahamas and Northern Ireland have been awarded hosting rights to the Commonwealth Youth Games multi-sport events in 2017 and 2021 respectively.

UK marketing services group Chime Communications, which includes the CSM Sport & Entertainment agency, has today (Friday) named Paul Walsh as its new chairman.

The inaugural edition of the World Roller Games will now take place in the Chinese city of Nanjing in 2017 after Barcelona in Spain withdrew its hosting rights.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) and Euroleague Basketball have pressed ahead with their rival visions for the future of the European club game after staging their latest meetings this week.

Swiss prosecutors investigating football’s global governing body Fifa and its suspended president Sepp Blatter have said a whistleblower has given evidence that has brought authorities “markedly forward” in the case.

The German Bundesliga, the top division of football in the country, has posted record cumulative turnover of €2.62bn ($2.84bn) for the 2014-15 campaign, extending the league’s financial growth into an 11th consecutive season.

London-headquartered sports marketing agency SportQuake has announced the opening of new Hong Kong and Beijing offices as part of its expansion into the Chinese market.

Budapest’s city council today (Wednesday) approved the venue masterplan for the Hungarian capital’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as leaders again rejected efforts to stage a referendum on the bid.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has entered into a partnership with the European division of the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS Europe) as part of an effort to help protect and safeguard Commonwealth sport.

The proposed merger of SportAccord Convention and SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for international sports federations, has been put on hold.

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred has said the organisation is “working hard” on the prospect of staging regular-season games in London in 2017, but has maintained that expansion or the relocation of existing franchises is not on the immediate agenda.

Italian financial police have seized assets from footballers, their agents and club executives as part of a probe into alleged tax evasion in Serie A and Serie B, the top two divisions of the domestic game.

The European Athletics governing body has announced that four cities have submitted bids to stage the 2019 edition of its Indoor Championships.