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International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch has dismissed the prospect of there being a double award of the 2026 and 2030 winter Olympic Games.

North American ice hockey league the NHL has confirmed details of its 2018 Global Series, the second year it will hold a set of games in Europe.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has awarded hosting rights for the 2021 edition of its Artistic Gymnastics World Championships to Copenhagen.

When Pearse Connolly set about revamping the marketing of Norwegian national team home matches he didn’t expect to use the Catholic church as inspiration.

The Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee (FCSOC) has appointed London-based sports communications consultancy Vero as advisors to its campaign to gain recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

A group seeking to stage a Formula One grand prix in Denmark has presented its plans to the motor-racing series’ owners, Liberty Media.

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has awarded hosting rights for the 2019 edition of its World Women’s Championship to Silkeborg in Denmark.

Gian Franco Kasper has announced his intention to pursue a sixth term as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Eleven nations have submitted bids to host the European Handball Federation’s European Championships in 2022 and 2024, with several countries having teamed up on joint proposals.

Officials behind the proposed bid to bring the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games to the Norwegian county of Telemark have said that they plan to “revolutionise” the concept of the event.

The Norwegian county of Telemark has outlined plans to launch a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Football Association of Finland adopted a data-driven approach to increasing player numbers and growing commercial revenue as part of its participation in the Uefa GROW development programme. In this extended report, David Walmsley looks at the way it tried to achieve these objectives. 

Plans have emerged for Denmark to host its first-ever round of the Formula One motor racing championship from 2020, with Copenhagen the setting for a street race.

A series of crowdfunding initiatives have been launched in Norway after it emerged that the Norwegian Cycling Federation (NCF) could face bankruptcy due to the costs of staging this year’s edition of the Road World Championships.

The Professional Darts Corporation will introduce new events in Germany and Denmark next year as part of a revamped calendar.

Finland will return to the MotoGP calendar in 2019 after Dorna Sports, the motorcycle-racing world championship’s commercial rights-holder, sealed a five-year agreement with the operators of the Kymiring circuit.