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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has unveiled its new World Indoor Tour, which will replace the governing body’s Indoor Permit series in the New Year.

National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar LeBron James has committed to a lucrative lifetime partnership with US sportswear giant Nike.

Dominic Bliss looks at how major media companies are turning to unmanned aircraft to give fans never-seen-before footage.

The World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) has rebranded as World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) and become a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in an effort to boost development of the women’s game.

World Chess Federation (FIDE) president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has declared 2016 to be a “year of chess” in the United States, despite being forced to transfer his financial authority in the country to vice-president Georgios Makropoulos amid sanctions imposed on him regarding alleged ties to Syria.

Golf’s Asian Tour has confirmed the resignation of chief executive Mike Kerr amid uncertainty surrounding a proposed merger with the European Tour.

The FBI in the US is investigating the alleged role played by Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s global governing body Fifa, in a bribery scandal featuring sports marketing company ISL, according to UK public-service broadcaster the BBC.

In just under a year’s time, ice hockey will stage a World Cup again for the first time in 12 years. The World Cup of Hockey will take place in Toronto, Canada, between September 17 and October 1. 

When Lord Sebastian Coe took the helm of the International Association of Athletics Federations he knew he wasn’t signing up for a tranquil voyage.

Fifa’s proposed reforms package has been rubbished by the European Club Association (ECA) representative body, which said today (Friday) that its members are “not prepared to be further ignored” by football’s global governing body.

French automotive manufacturer Renault has confirmed its intention to return to full-works status in the Formula One motor racing championship after signing key contracts to acquire the Lotus team.

Fifa’s Executive Committee has today (Thursday) unanimously approved the set of proposals put forward by the Reform Committee led by Francois Carrard (pictured), the former director general of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as the potential expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 40 teams was discussed.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has maintained that it has only granted interim approval for riders to compete in the Global Champions League (GCL) amid claims from the competition’s organisers that it has received the full go-ahead to launch in 2016.

Two officials from Fifa, football’s global governing body, were arrested this (Thursday) morning following pre-dawn raids at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, Switzerland.

Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone and International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Jean Todt have been handed a new mandate to address “pressing issues” affecting the motor racing series, as fresh doubt over the long-term future of the United States Grand Prix emerged yesterday (Wednesday).

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced that chief executive Peter Sowrey has resigned from his position, less than six months after he was appointed.