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The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) and Dorna Sports, commercial rights holder for the Superbike World Championship (WSBK), have announced plans to revamp the motorcycling series’ Supersport World Championship feeder competition.

Former Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Jose Maria Marin, who led the organising committee for his country’s staging of the 2014 Fifa World Cup, yesterday (Tuesday) pleaded not guilty to bribery charges in a US court as part of the corruption case that has hit world football’s governing body.

The World Rally Championship (WRC) has put the finishing touches to its 2016 calendar, with Chinese media firm LeTV set to support the return of the motor racing series to its home country.

US technology giant Microsoft has agreed a partnership with golf’s PGA Tour that aims to provide fans, players and broadcasters of the sport with a greater level of data-driven insight.

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, a leading member of the reform committee at football’s global governing body Fifa, has suggested that up to 40 per cent of the reform proposals tabled by ethics and compliance chief Domenico Scala could be rejected.

Association of the International Olympic Committee Recognised International Sport Federations (ARISF) president Raffaele Chiulli has been re-elected as head of the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), the international governing body of powerboating.

Organisers of the 2015 Rugby World Cup will return an £80m (€111m/$123m) surplus to World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, it has been announced.

Force India has confirmed it is in talks with British sportscar marque Aston Martin and Scotch whisky brand Johnnie Walker regarding an investment deal that would lead to a rebranding of the Formula One motor racing team.

Dubai has withdrawn its bid to host the 2016 SportAccord Convention, the annual gathering of international sports federations, associations and companies.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) will this month stage the inaugural edition of its Premier12 tournament. Andy Fry reports.

David Nakhid has hit out after his bid to enter the running for the presidency of Fifa, football’s global governing body, was scuppered by a spoiled vote from US Virgin Islands Football Association president Hillaren Frederick.

With the help of experts such as NetResult and Copyright Integrity International, Kevin Roberts gets an inside look at the challenges facing the internet police in the digital world.

Kevin Roberts looks at the increasingly influential role of the internet police and how they are equipping themselves to take on new enemies in the shape of Vine, Periscope and Meerkat in order to protect the lucrative deals of their broadcaster clients.

Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has suggested that an agreement was in place for the 2018 World Cup to be awarded to Russia before a vote on the destination for the national team football tournament took place.

Fifa has today (Wednesday) confirmed that seven candidatures have been received for the presidency of world football’s governing body, with former Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder David Nakhid the omission from the officials who were thought to have entered applications by Monday’s deadline.

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has secured additional funding through a new strategic partnership with US investment group Revolution Growth.