Europe

Rome 2024 chairman Luca di Montezemolo has detailed plans to utilise some of the Italian capital’s most iconic landmarks for its bid for the Olympic Games.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has said the English capital is “working hard” on securing an NFL American football franchise, adding that UK fans of the sport should “watch this space.”

Senior executives from Spanish LaLiga football clubs Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao have been announced as the latest additions to the speaker line up for the Leaders Sport Business Summit, which takes place on October 7-8 at Stamford Bridge, home of English Premier League champion Chelsea.

Men’s personal care brand Gillette has struck a deal for Brazilian football superstar Neymar to become an ambassador of the company in Latin America.

Spanish football clubs have halved their collective tax debts since 2013, according to data released by the CSD National Sports Council and the LFP, the Spanish football league.

Thierry Braillard, France’s Secretary of State for Sport, has called for security measures inside French stadia to be improved ahead of the Uefa Euro 2016 national team tournament in the country after major crowd trouble disrupted a top-tier Ligue 1 football match yesterday (Sunday).

The board of the Fiba Europe division of Fiba, basketball’s global governing body, has announced that the bidding process to host the EuroBasket 2017 national team tournament will open on October 1.

Federico Gastaldi, the deputy team manager of Lotus F1, is hopeful that a takeover of the ailing Formula One motor-racing team by rival Renault can be completed “very soon” after securing an adjournment over a winding-up order.

Manchester United is anticipating record profit levels for the 2015-16 financial year after the impact of missing out on qualifying for the 2014-15 Uefa Champions League was illustrated in the English Premier League football club’s latest annual accounts today (Thursday).

Swiss authorities today (Thursday) approved the extradition of Eugenio Figueredo, a former vice-president of football’s global governing body Fifa, to the US.

Football’s European governing body Uefa has discussed the possibility of creating a third club competition to complement the Champions League and Europa League.

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has postponed plans to reduce the County Championship calendar from 16 to 14 games, according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper.

Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed that he has reached an agreement with Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol regarding the sale of a 48-per-cent stake in Italian Serie A football club AC Milan.

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has been ordered to publicise the details of English Premier League football club West Ham United’s rental agreement for the Olympic Stadium.

A new U-23 tour for squash players is to launch in 2016, the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and the European Squash Federation (ESF) have announced.

The 2015 Rugby World Cup in England will generate about £240m (€327m/$370m) in revenue, according to Brett Gosper, the chief executive of rugby union’s global governing body, World Rugby.