Nordics

Motorsport
Other

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has entered into partnerships with the MotoGP motorcycling series and Norway’s National Platform, a body set up to combat match-fixing in the country.
Athletics
Business

The International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) ban on Russian athletes will run into the New Year after an independent taskforce refused to put a timeframe on a possible return.
Action Sports
Events

The X Games action sports franchise is to return to Norway for a second successive year after its organiser, US sports broadcaster ESPN, finalised a deal with Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 and local event operator SAHR Concepts.

Martial Arts
Events

The English city of Manchester will stage the World Taekwondo Championships in 2019 after the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) assigned hosting rights to a number of its leading events.

Sailing
Business

Denmark’s Kim Andersen has been elected as the new president of World Sailing, as the current head of the sport’s global governing body, Carlo Croce, failed to gain a second term in office.

Cycling
Events

Organisers of the Six Day Series have added new events in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Mallorca as the track cycling competition expands for its 2016-17 edition.

Cycling
Business

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has expanded its Women’s WorldTour series by adding four new events to the 2017 calendar.

Sailing
Events

Swedish-based firm Aston Harald Sports, which organises sailing’s M32 Series, has announced that Marstrand will host the inaugural edition of a new event entitled the M32 World Championships.

Surfing
Events

Denmark has been awarded hosting rights to the International Surfing Association’s (ISA) 2017 World Standup Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship.

Motorsport
Events

Dorna Sports, the agency that operates and promotes MotoGP, has announced that the motorcycling world championship is set to return to Finland in 2018, while the German Automobile Club (ADAC) has agreed a five-year extension to its race deal.

Cycling
Events

The Danish capital of Copenhagen has submitted a formal application to host the Grand Depart of the Tour de France cycling event.

Sailing
Events

World Sailing has awarded hosting rights to its 2017 women’s Match Racing World Championship to the Finnish capital of Helsinki.
Events

SportAccord Convention has announced that the Danish city of Aarhus will host the 2017 edition of the event from April 2-7 next year.

Football
Events

The Danish Football Association (DBU) has said a consensus has been reached to press ahead with a pan-Nordic bid for Uefa Euro 2024 or 2028, with Iceland and the Faroe Islands added to the group of countries that could host the national team football tournament.
Events

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has announced that the region of Østfold in Norway will host its 2019 World Orienteering Championships, the first edition of the event under its new format.

Table Tennis
Events

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced that its European Olympic qualification tournament is to relocate to Halmstad in Sweden, due to ongoing concerns over security in Istanbul, the Turkish city where the event had been scheduled to take place next month.

Archery
Events

World Archery, the sport’s global governing body, has awarded hosting rights for the final of its 2016 World Cup series to the Danish city of Odense.

Athletics
Events

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has awarded hosting rights for two of its major events in 2018 to Tampere in Finland and Valencia in Spain.