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The World Rallycross Championship has partnered with the automotive division of telecommunications firm Vodafone to undertake a trial of a platform that it claims will aim to make it the first fully connected series under the International Automobile Federation (FIA) banner.

Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino and Liberian Football Association president Musa Bility became the latest officials to formally declare applications for the Fifa presidency on Monday afternoon, ahead of today’s deadline for submissions to become the next leader of world football’s governing body.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has revealed 12 countries have expressed an interest in staging its four Olympic Qualifying Tournaments ahead of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

SportBusiness has announced that the process for the SportBusiness Ultimate Sports Cities 2016 awards and rankings will be formally unveiled at the City Events conference in Paris on November 17-18.

South African businessman and former political prisoner Tokyo Sexwale, along with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) leader Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, have become the latest officials to formally join the race to become the next president of Fifa, football’s world governing body.

Organisers of the Global Champions League (GCL) have claimed they are now ready to launch the new show jumping series next year following their latest victory in an ongoing legal battle with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).

Former Fifa official Jerome Champagne has today (Friday) returned to the race for the presidency of world football’s governing body by formally submitting his candidacy for the position.

The WME-IMG agency has forged a new joint venture with ‘Internet of Things’ solutions and analytics firm AGT International which aims to dramatically enhance the live event experience for sports fans.

Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio has furthered his connection to the Formula E electric car-racing series by becoming chairman of the organisation’s newly-created Formula E Sustainability Committee – a body that will be made up of a host of powerful businessmen.

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has issued two-year bans to chess legend Garry Kasparov and the organisation’s former general secretary Ignatius Leong amid a scandal surrounding last year’s presidential election.

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has hailed the commercial success of the 2015 World Cup, stating that the ongoing national team tournament has benefited from having its core business partners and sponsors locked down a year in advance.

The Federation of International Polo (FIP) has expressed its intention to push on with an effort to return the sport to the Olympic Games programme after a recent unsuccessful bid for inclusion at Tokyo 2020.

The investigatory chamber of Fifa’s Ethics Committee has confirmed that proceedings in the Fifa corruption scandal relating to Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Ángel María Villar and Germany national team legend Franz Beckenbauer have progressed to the adjudicatory chamber as it detailed a list of high-profile names who are being investigated.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has unveiled a major drive to improve the standard of hockey pitches globally as part of its latest initiative under the Hockey Revolution development plan.

The payment that led to the suspensions of Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa leader Michel Platini has been denounced as a “classic conflict of interest,” by Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of Fifa’s audit and compliance committee.

Media, digital and creative communications company Dentsu Aegis Network has announced lifestyle marketing agency MKTG as its ninth global network brand.