Netherlands

The fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal continued on Friday as Rabobank, one of professional cycling’s biggest sponsors, announced it would end its backing of the sport.

The Netherlands’ KLM Open, an official PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) tournament, has been ranked the most sustainable golf event on the European Tour by CSR (corporate social responsibility) consultancy Between-us.

A new women’s league featuring club teams from Belgium and the Netherlands could lead to similar competitions in men’s football, according to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino.

Eredivisie Media and Marketing (EMM), the media arm of Dutch football’s top flight, the Eredivisie, has sold a 51% stake in the company to Fox International Channels, a broadcast subsidiary of News Corporation, for a reported Eur1 billion.

ESPN Caribbean has acquired the rights for International Cricket Council (ICC) events and the Champions League Twenty20 through to 2015 in a deal with ESPN STAR Sports (ESS).

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced the Netherlands Volleyball Association (Nevobo) as the host of the first country-wide edition of the Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2015.

The International Football Development Expo has announced that the FARE Network and European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) will both be represented at the 2012 edition of the event in Amsterdam in December.

Endemol has announced details of a major restructuring that will see its sports arm folded into its main business, resulting in the departures of Endemol Sport’s co-managing directors Gregg Oldfield and Lawrence Duffy.

The Amsterdam 2012 Event has confirmed European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) CEO, Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, as a speaker for The Football Development Expo Conference.

Sports Development Marketing, which organises the International Football Development Expo 2012, has confirmed 90% of the programme a year ahead of the event.

Ajax Amsterdam’s members’ council has requested that Johan Cruyff and four other commissioners step down from their posts in a bid to end months of infighting at the legendary Eredivisie club.

Amsterdam in the Netherlands has been awarded the 23rd edition of the European Athletics Championships in 2016.

Final chance to enter only pan-European excellence in sponsorship awards.

GAC Group, the Guangzhou-based car manufacturer, has signed up as the title sponsor of the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships and the sport’s World Team Cup in 2013.

China Unicom has signed up as a major sponsor of the 2011 World Table Tennis Championship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

NOS will air 27 live matches and highlights programmes during UEFA Euro 2012 after acquiring free-to-air broadcast rights to the tournament.