Europe

The team bidding to bring the 2024 summer Olympic Games to Rome has announced the 11 cities across Italy that would host football matches during the event.

Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) president Angelo Sticchi Damiani has claimed the future of Formula One’s Italian Grand Prix is set to be secured after a funding deal was reached for the motor race at Monza.

The International Association of Athletics Federations has confirmed that its taskforce will visit Russia for the first time on January 10-11, 2016 to check on the progress of the country’s efforts to clean up doping.

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has entered into a partnership with Smaaash Entertainment, a sports entertainment company co-owned by Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Nick Davies, a leading official at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), will step aside while an investigation takes place into an email he sent regarding allegations of Russian doping ahead of the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.

The French city of Toulon has been confirmed as the latest addition to next year’s America’s Cup World Series sailing calendar.

The MLB International (MLBI) division of Major League Baseball has appointed Charles Hill as managing director of Major League Baseball Europe, Middle East and Africa, as the North American organisation seeks to further expand its global presence.

Cycling’s Tour de France will open up in Germany for the first time in three decades after Düsseldorf was today (Tuesday) confirmed as the host of its 2017 Grand Départ.

The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has today (Tuesday) said it will submit itself to an investigation by Fifa’s Ethics Committee and ordered an independent forensic audit into its unsuccessful joint bid with neighbours Belgium for the 2018 World Cup.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded the 2016 edition of its 3x3 U18 World Championships to the city of Astana in Kazakhstan.

A senior official at the International Association of Athletics Federations planned to delay naming Russian doping cheats in the run up to the governing body’s 2013 World Championships in Moscow, according to a leaked email published by French newspaper Le Monde.

French automotive manufacturer Renault has formally completed its takeover of the Lotus Formula One motor racing outfit after paying debts owed by the team to creditors including the British tax authorities.

Romania will stage its first-ever professional snooker tournament next year after details of a new world ranking event in the country were announced by World Snooker, the sport's global governing body.

Italian media group RCS has today (Monday) denied it will seek to sell off its sports and media arm, which includes organisation of cycling’s Giro d’Italia, instead stating it will invest in the operation.

Crystal Palace has confirmed that American businessmen David Blitzer and Josh Harris have acquired a stake in the English Premier League football club.

All leading officials at the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) have stepped down, while the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) taskforce dedicated to the reform of the suspended All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) is set to make its first visit to the country from January 10-15.