Europe

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said it will consider sanctions against the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) after a hugely critical report from a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) panel accused the country’s government of complicity in widespread doping and cover ups of positive tests by its athletes, adding that the nation should be banned from competition.

US-based private equity firm Peak6 Investments has acquired a 25 per cent stake in English Premier League football club AFC Bournemouth.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has awarded its 2021 Men’s World Championship to Egypt, while the 2023 edition of the national team competition will be co-hosted by Poland and Sweden.

Düsseldorf has moved into pole position to secure hosting rights for the 2017 edition of the Tour de France’s Grand Depart after the German city voted in favour of a bid for the cycling event.

The Fiba Europe division of Fiba, basketball’s global governing body, has confirmed that five countries have applied to organise the EuroBasket national team tournament in 2017.

The former director of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) anti-doping department has been placed under criminal investigation as part of the latest crisis to hit the sport, while the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) has suspended five athletes ahead of the publication of a major report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).

Euroleague Basketball, the governing body of continental club competitions in Europe, has maintained that other proposals remain on the table after the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) detailed its plans for a new Champions League competition.

Fiba, basketball’s global governing body, has tabled a proposal to create a new Basketball Champions League competition to Europe’s top clubs.

The German Football Association (DFB) has stressed that it is not under investigation but will cooperate with authorities after police raided its Frankfurt headquarters today (Tuesday) and searched the homes of officials in the case surrounding a multi-million euro payment connected to Germany’s successful bid for the 2006 Fifa World Cup.

American football league the NFL has today (Tuesday) added to its London venue portfolio by agreeing a three-year deal with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which will see regular season games played at Twickenham, the home of the English national rugby union team.

Chinese manufacturing business Rastar Group has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in LaLiga football club Espanyol in a move that is set to further increase Chinese investment in the Spanish top-tier competition.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) believes Glasgow has set a benchmark for future hosts of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships to aspire to after the Scottish city exceeded expectations with its recent staging of the event.

Organisers of the 2015 Rugby World Cup will return an £80m (€111m/$123m) surplus to World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, it has been announced.

Scotland secured the hosting rights for the 2019 Solheim Cup due to strong government backing for the bid allied with a commitment to a wide-ranging promotional campaign leading in to the golf showpiece, according to Ladies European Tour (LET) chief executive Ivan Khodabakhsh.

Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed that Uefa president Michel Platini backed out of a “gentleman’s agreement” to support the US bid to host the 2022 World Cup after coming under pressure from former France President Nicolas Sarkozy to back Qatar.

The Ladies European Tour (LET) has confirmed that Scotland will host the 2019 edition of golf’s Solheim Cup.