Europe

Rogue websites illegally streaming top-flight football cost UK broadcasters alone an estimated £10 million a year. Matthew Hochberg looks at the latest moves to tackle the problem

The French Football Federation (FFF) is to appeal against a local court’s decision to invalidate RC Lens's promotion to Ligue 1, after the club was left facing immediate relegation from the country’s top tier on financial grounds.

Ireland and Afghanistan have been grouped with the International Cricket Council’s full member countries, allowing them the opportunity to qualify directly for the 2019 Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) tournament.

Portuguese football legend Luis Figo has emerged as the latest candidate for the Fifa presidency, as the race to challenge Sepp Blatter as the head of world football heated up today (Wednesday).

The British Basketball League (BBL) has hit out at Basketball England after the national governing body said it will undertake a review of the licence arrangements for the domestic club competition.

Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergey Bubka today (Wednesday) confirmed he will stand for the presidency of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), settling up a duel with another of the sport’s all-time greats - Lord Sebastian Coe.

Air Race 1, the international series for the sport of formula one air racing, has announced Tunisia, Spain and the USA will host events in its inaugural World Cup season.

Marwan Koukash, owner of the Salford Red Devils English Super League club, has outlined ambitious plans for a team from the UK to take part in Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) competition.

A football club has taken matters in its own hands to drum up support for an Olympics bid. Rory Squires explains why.

With three major sports events in consecutive years on its wish-list, Elisha Chauhan looks at whether Italy is on the cusp of a new hosting era.

Michael van Praag, the president of the KNVB, football’s administrative body in the Netherlands, has confirmed he will challenge incumbent Sepp Blatter for the presidency of Fifa, the sport’s global governing body.

Uefa has awarded its 2017 European Under-21 Championship to Poland, one of a number of hosting decisions made by European football’s governing body.

Uefa has unveiled plans to develop a range of Champions League concept stores across the Middle East in the latest effort by European football’s governing body to boost the global reach of its continental club competition.

Organisers of the Pro12 European club rugby union tournament have confirmed its 2015 grand final will take place at Ulster’s Kingspan Stadium in a move that marks a change in hosting strategy for the end-of-season showpiece.

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) president Dmitry Chernyshenko is keen to lower the salary cap for the pan-European ice hockey league as its clubs feel the effects of Russia’s economic problems.

The European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) has confirmed that its president, Georges Guelzec, will bid to replace Bruno Grandi as leader of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).