Europe

Amaury Sport Organisation, the organiser of the Tour de France, has confirmed that the 2016 edition of the cycling event will begin at Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, one of the country's most famous tourist attractions.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled plans today (Tuesday) for new headquarters and announced that the Peruvian capital of Lima will host the organisation’s 2017 Session during which the host city for the 2024 summer Olympics will be selected.

Manchester United has announced that part-owner Edward Glazer will put three million of his shares in the English Premier League football club up for sale.

Men’s tennis’ season-ending ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Finals, held this month at the O2 in London, features the best eight singles players and best eight doubles teams. Social media plays a significant role in promoting the event through the ATP’s ‘Road to London’ campaign.

Lord Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, presidents-elect of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), have said the wave of allegations concerning systematic doping in Russian sport have presented serious problems for athletics.

Russia will bid to host the 2022 Volleyball Men’s World Championships, according to Stanislav Shevchenko, the head of the sport’s national governing body in the country.

Embattled Parma is set to become the latest Italian Serie A football club to fall under foreign ownership, with a Russian/Cypriot conglomerate likely to conclude a deal later this week.

The Lagardere Unlimited Stadium Solutions (LUSS) arm of media conglomerate Lagardere has strengthened its portfolio of leading sports venues by agreeing a 10-year deal to manage operations at Stockholm’s Friends Arena.

The German Olympic Committee, the DOSB, has confirmed that it will put forward Berlin or Hamburg as an applicant city to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has formally announced its intention to submit an all-Ireland bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The Champions Hockey League (CHL) pan-European club ice hockey competition will expand to 48 teams for its second season as it aims to accommodate clubs from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Swiss lawmakers are set to introduce a new set of laws that will tighten the oversight of sports governing bodies based in the European country.

SportAccord Convention has opened the registration process for its 2015 World Sport & Business Summit, which will be held in Sochi, Russia from April 19-24.

Uefa has announced that its new Nations League national team competition will be introduced in 2018, while European football’s governing body has awarded its Women’s Euro 2017 tournament to the Netherlands.

Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) president Alfredo Gavazzi has said a bid is being prepared for the 2023 Rugby World Cup as part of a strategy in which Italy is also targeting the 2024 Olympic Games and the 2022 edition of golf showpiece the Ryder Cup.