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Digital sports content and media supplier Perform has agreed a partnership with Fifa subsidiary Early Warning System (EWS) with the goal of enhancing the integrity of football events.

The International Association of Athletics Federations has defended its decision to introduce a new anti-doping system for the upcoming World Championships in Beijing, as European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen called on the new leader of the IAAF to focus his efforts on the fight against doping.

Daily fantasy sports gaming operator DraftKings has announced that it will expand beyond its established North American roots by opening a new office by the end of this year in London, UK.

Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of Fifa’s Audit and Compliance Committee, has reportedly produced a radical blueprint for reform of football’s world governing body that would include the scrapping of its powerful Executive Committee.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has stated his belief that the sport has a strong future under one of two “great champions” lined up as his successor, while the Senegalese official has said general secretary Essar Gabriel will also leave the governing body.

South Korean businessman and politician Chung Mong-joon has formally launched his bid for the Fifa presidency, stating that he will only seek a single term in the belief he can reform football’s global governing body in this time.

Louise Martin, honorary secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), has pledged to increase revenue and plough cash back into member nations if she is elected president of the organisation.

Formula One is set to retain an 11-team grid for its 2016 season after the International Motorsport Federation (FIA) rejected approaches from two bidders to enter new teams in the motor-racing championship.

The IAAF has denied a report that the global governing body of athletics vetoed the publication of a study showing that up to a third of competitors at the 2011 World Championships admitted using banned performance-enhancing techniques.

The IMG agency has announced the appointment of Paul Bellamy as the new managing director of the International Motorsport Federation’s (FIA) World Rallycross Championship (World RX).

The US prosecutor at the heart of the investigation into Fifa’s affairs has warned world football’s governing body that its reform plans should not be “superficial” in the wake of the appointment of Francois Carrard as independent chairman of the 2016 Fifa Reform Committee.

Sir Craig Reedie, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has hit out at calls to ban nations for persistent doping offences, stating that such a move could cause significant damage to athletics.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has outlined the timeline for the bidding process for its 2023 World Cup, which is set to see the likes of Germany, Qatar and Turkey battle it out for the event, while rounding up a number of other decisions from a central board meeting.

Francois Carrard, the former director general of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has been confirmed as the independent chairman of the 2016 Fifa Reform Committee, which is designed to restore the reputation of world football’s governing body following a highly damaging period of scandal.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said it has opened disciplinary action against a further 28 athletes following reanalysis of samples taken during its 2005 and 2007 World Championships in Helsinki and Osaka, respectively.

US sports technology, data and content company Stats is to expand its services into the horseracing market through a new strategic partnership with Equibase Company, which operates the thoroughbred industry’s official database.