Europe

Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a six-year image rights deal with Mint Media, a company owned by Singaporean businessman Peter Lim.

European basketball’s governing body, Fiba Europe, has awarded hosting rights for the 2017 edition of its EuroBasket Women tournament to the Czech Republic.

LaLiga, the new brand name for the Spanish Football League, has filed an appeal against the decision by the sport’s global governing body Fifa to switch the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from the summer to the winter.

The Dutch province of Gelderland has secured the hosting rights to the opening three stages of the 2016 Giro d’Italia cycling event.

The Holland Heineken House is an all-round meeting place, office and famous party venue jointly organised by the Dutch brewer Heineken and the Dutch Olympic committee NOC*NSF. The House has been set up at every summer and winter Olympic Games since 1992 in Barcelona, and is opened up to visitors during the day to watch Olympic events on big screens amongst providing other entertainment.

With investment from traditional financial institutions still difficult to secure for sports properties looking to develop their facilities, sports fans are stepping forward to help fund projects. Elisha Chauhan finds out how and why.

Rome’s proposed bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games has received the official backing of the city’s council.

Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira will host the 2016 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Open Championships.

David Allen has stepped down as senior vice-president and general manager of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) division less than six months after being appointed to the role at the mixed martial arts series.

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) has announced that this year’s Open Championship will award the winner a cheque of more than £1m (€1.38m/$1.56m) for the first time in its history.

Azerbaijan’s Sports Minister, Azad Rahimov, has said that the country could bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, but has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reduce its requirements for hosting the sporting spectacle.

A legal complaint against Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) system has been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) as European football’s governing body prepares to discuss the rules at a meeting next week.

Budapest has today (Tuesday) taken another major step towards joining Boston, Hamburg, Rome and Paris in the race for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games after the city’s municipal assembly voted with an overwhelming majority to support a Hungarian bid.

Union Bordeaux Bègles (UBB) has become the first rugby union club in France’s Top 14 to secure investment from a foreign entity after striking a deal with GaveKal, the Hong Kong-based investment fund owned by Louis-Vincent Gave.

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has awarded the hosting rights for its 2019 World Championships to Winterberg, Germany.

Paris formally joined the bidding circle for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games today (Tuesday), with officials stressing the strong levels of support for the effort to return the event to the French capital for the first time in 100 years.