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English Premier League champion Chelsea has taken a major step forward in its efforts to resolve its stadium issues by submitting a full planning application for the complete redevelopment of its Stamford Bridge home.

Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), feels the rejection of Hamburg’s bid to host the Olympic Games in 2024 will prove to be a “missed opportunity” for the city and for Germany.

World Snooker has announced that its Players Championship will be staged in the English city of Manchester for the first time next year.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced it was able to generate record revenue of £207.9m (€295.6m/$312.7m) during its 2014-15 financial year.

Italian football’s golden era of the 1980s and early 1990s is a distant memory, but after falling from the summit, there are now signs that it is on its way back up.

The Bahamas and Northern Ireland have been lined up to host the 2017 and 2021 editions of the Commonwealth Youth Games respectively, after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said the two nations have each formally expressed their interest in the multi-sport events.

Exclusive interview with Christian Seifert, president of German football's DFL, on Fifa’s dysfunctional football family, maintaining the Bundesliga's social functions in a competitive global market, and why he’s using clichéd stereotypes about Germans to succeed in China.

Hamburg’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics has collapsed after the German city’s population voted against the project to secure the Games yesterday (Sunday).

Bayern Munich generated record profits for its 2014-15 financial year, as the German Bundesliga football club just fell short of the turnover landmark set in the 2013-14 campaign.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has lifted the suspension placed on the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF), but has elected to ban the Mexican Basketball Federation (ADEMEBA) due to an “unresolved institutional situation”.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has issued a staunch defence of its anti-doping practices and has rallied behind British marathon legend Paula Radcliffe, as it prepares to face a UK Culture Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry into ‘Blood Doping in Athletics’ next week.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has said it will proceed with plans to launch a Champions League competition for the 2016-17 season in the latest development in the battle over the future of club basketball in Europe.

The German Handball Federation (DHB) has announced that six cities will host its staging of the 2017 Women’s World Championship, with 2024 Olympic Games bid city Hamburg pencilled in for the finale of the competition.

The Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) has today (Thursday) accepted its ban from the sport as International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials prepare to face questions on the doping and corruption crisis that has dominated headlines over recent weeks.

Hamburg has reinforced its status as a host of major sports events ahead of the crucial referendum on its bid to stage the 2024 Olympic Games by landing a Grand Slam event on the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour.

Doyen Sports Investments, a subsidiary of private investment fund Doyen Group, has hit out at the leaking of sensitive commercial documents relating to its involvement in football’s third-party ownership (TPO) market, with the president of Dutch Eredivisie club FC Twente resigning in connection to the emergence of the information.