Europe
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The European Games, a continental multi-sport event comprised of Olympic sports, were first outlined in 2010. Ahead of the inaugural Games in Baku next month, Elisha Chauhan asked their creator Pat Hickey to assess preparations and reveal his vision for future editions.

Cycling
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Competitors on iconic Brompton fold-up bicycles will be a highlight of this summer’s RideLondon. Elisha Chauhan looks at the growth of Europe’s largest cycling event, and what the new addition can do to boost both RideLondon and grassroots participation in cycling.
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Kevin Roberts travelled to Turkmenistan to look at how its Olympic Complex, and preparations for 2017’s Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, are reflective of a country eagerly looking to eat at international sport’s top table.

Athletics
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The Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) series has announced that it will expand to include elite wheelchair racing.

Rugby Union
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English Premiership team Wasps has today (Monday) launched a retail bond on the London Stock Exchange as it continues its bid to become the biggest revenue-generating club in rugby union.

Football
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Fifa has hit back at a call by European lawmakers to re-run the voting process for the 2022 World Cup.

Cycling
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The Astana Pro Team, home of reigning Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali, will be free to compete in this year’s top races after the International Cycling Union (UCI) said it will retain its elite WorldTour licence.

Ice Hockey
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Champions Hockey League organisers are targeting Poland as the next expansion market for the pan-European club ice hockey competition by stating they intend to extend a wild card offer to the domestic champion for the 2016-17 edition of the CHL.
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Sweden is reportedly considering using the same sites put forward in an earlier bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics as part of a new proposal to stage the 2026 Games.

Athletics
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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has said Russia will not be banned from any major competitions amid the allegations of systematic doping in the country’s athletics set-up.

 

Curling
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Almaty has bolstered its winter sports event portfolio as it enters the final stages of its bid for the 2022 Olympic Games after the World Curling Federation (WCF) announced that Kazakhstan will host its 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.
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SportAccord has announced that the Russian city of Sochi will host the inaugural edition of multi-sport event the World Beach Games in 2019.

Horse Racing
Business

British horseracing commercial group the Jockey Club has announced record levels of business growth and a sixth consecutive increase in turnover in its results for the 2014 financial year.

Football
Business

Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol has stated that he is close to finalising a deal to acquire a majority stake in Serie A football club AC Milan, claiming he will travel to the Italian city this week to complete the transaction.

Rugby Union
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The French Rugby Federation (FFR) is poised to join the contenders to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, according to Midi Olympique.

Football
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The Russian government has said the planned capacity of the Luzhniki Stadium, the centrepiece of national team football tournament the 2018 Fifa World Cup, will be scaled back by 8,000 seats.

Squash
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The World Squash Federation (WSF) has confirmed that its 2015 World Junior Championships will now take place in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Handball
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The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed the countries that have been shortlisted as potential hosts for its men’s World Championships in 2021 and 2023.