Europe

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts (MMA) series has promoted David Allen to the position of senior vice-president and general manager of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) division.

Fantasy sports operators such as football platform Mondogoal are looking to create a culture of daily fantasy sport in Europe. Matt Cutler reports.

Five-time Olympic speed-skating champion Claudia Pechstein has been allowed to proceed by a Munich court with her lawsuit seeking damages from the International Skating Union (ISU) over a doping ban - setting a potential precedent for other similar cases after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled against the move.

Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has announced that Andorra will be part of the 2016 edition of the cycling race.

SportBusiness Group, the leading provider of information to the global sports industry, has renewed its long-standing media partnership with the SportAccord Convention World Sport & Business Summit.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has reiterated his desire for the North American basketball league to launch four professional franchises in Europe, stating expansion is its “manifest destiny.”

Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has said Hockenheim will host this season’s German Grand Prix with a new long-term contract in place that will end the current policy of rotating the race with the Nuerburgring.

Italy’s Serie A is set to become the latest leading European football league to use goal-line technology (GLT) after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) approved its introduction from next season.

Events in Miami and Rome have been added to the Global Champions Tour schedule for the 2015 season of the show jumping series.

Giles Clarke is set to become the England and Wales Cricket Board's first president when he steps down as chairman of the governing body in May.

Organisers for the 2017 winter Universiade in Almaty have announced the budget for the construction of three competition venues.

The McLaren Group, which includes the leading Formula One team of the same name, has rebranded in an effort to reflect the company’s diversification away from pure motorsport activities and into applied technology.

RedTorch managing director Jonny Murch, and directors Alex Ross and Chris Argyle-Robinson have taken joint ownership of the London-based marketing agency following a management buy-out.

Leaders, the global events and networking business, has launched Leaders Meet Innovation, a brand new event focused on the future of digital technology in sport.

The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) has submitted a bid to host the 2020 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship, leaving Slovakia in pole position to secure the 2019 event.

German automotive manufacturer Porsche has rejected talk that it could enter the Formula One motor-racing series.