Latin America

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has signed an integrity partnership with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

A total of 49 stadia across 44 cities in North America have been named on a list of proposed host venues for football’s 2026 Fifa World Cup.

North American basketball league the NBA has scheduled regular-season games in Mexico City and London, with the Brooklyn Nets set to be at the heart of events in Mexico.

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has said Rio de Janeiro should be given more time to deliver infrastructure that was promised as part of its Olympic Games legacy, following criticism of the Brazilian city’s progress on certain targets.

Brazilian federal police have arrested Alexandre Pinto, who served as head of infrastructure in the government of former Rio de Janerio Mayor Eduadro Paes, as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption surrounding the city’s hosting of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is aiming to commence its 2019 and 2020 seasons in Asia and stage regular-season games in England in June of both years, as further details were revealed of the North American competition’s international plans.

Argentina and Uruguay will press ahead with plans for a joint bid for the 2030 Fifa World Cup in the face of what is expected to be strong competition for the hosting rights, according to the former nation’s Sports Secretary, Carlos Mac Allister.

Lima hopes to put itself on the world stage with the hosting of this year's IOC Session and the 2019 Pan American Games, but do the dual award of the 2024 and 2028 Games and construction delays threaten to take the gloss off its moment in the sun? 

Harold Mayne-Nicholls, a key figure in the process to award hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups, has today (Friday) seen his ban from world football reduced from three to two years, clearing him for a return to the industry this month.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused to commit further funds to covering debts racked up by organisers of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said Buenos Aires is ready to take the summer Youth Olympic Games “to the next level” as it was confirmed that squash and polo will be showcased sports at next year’s event in the Argentinian capital.

Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman will meet International Olympic Committee officials next week in Switzerland with a view to asking for assistance in satisfying creditors who are still owed about R130m (€35m/$40m) following the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has finalised the calendar for its 2017-18 Track Cycling World Cup, with the addition of a new event in Minsk taking the series to five rounds for the first time in nearly a decade.

Major League Baseball teams the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins will travel to Puerto Rico next year to face off in a two-game regular-season series.

The president of the Football Federation of Chile (FFC) has said the country is weighing up a possible bid to co-host the 2026 Fifa World Cup alongside other South American nations.

Venezuela has had its hosting rights for the 2018 edition of the Caribbean Series baseball tournament taken away amid ongoing political protests in the country.