North America

The NFL American football league has expressed its opposition to a proposed government tax plan that could require sports teams to contribute more of their own money to stadium construction projects.

World football’s governing body Fifa has issued a guide to the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup, stating the revamped procedure is designed to ensure the process cannot be open to “even one iota of doubt”.

In the third and final part of our series, Barry Wilner summarises some of the ways in which teams in the US are using technology to enhance the game-day experience for fans.

US digital media and technology company Oath has outlined plans to become a firm “unlike any other” after appointing tennis superstar Serena Williams to lead a global board of advisors encompassing leading names across the sports, finance, lifestyle and news sectors.

The US city of Sheboygan has been awarded hosting rights for the 2018 edition of the Para World Sailing Championships, with World Sailing stating it will be a key event as part of its ongoing efforts to return the sport to the Paralympic Games programme.

Major League Soccer (MLS) has today (Monday) extended and expanded its deal with Fanatics through an agreement in which it will also reportedly invest in the online sports apparel and merchandise retailer.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced that Ekaterinburg in Russia, Busan in Korea and the US city of San Jose have expressed an interest in staging its 2020 World Team Championships.

San Francisco’s Olympic Club has agreed a deal to host the 2032 Ryder Cup and the 2028 PGA Championship, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Organisers of the inaugural World Beach Games in San Diego have outlined a sports programme consisting of 17 disciplines across 15 sports as further plans were revealed for the delayed event.

Multinational computer technology company Oracle has announced the launch of four new tennis tournaments in the United States as part of its continued commitment to the sport in the country.

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens has said the Canadian city would be interested in hosting future Fina events after revealing that the organisation’s 2016 World Swimming Championships (25m) generated over C$32m (€21.4m/US$25m) of “economic activity” for the city.

The College Football Playoff (CFP) will host its National Championship game in northern USA for the first time in modern history in 2022, when the event will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Calgary Bid Exploration Committee (CBEC), a group formed to assess the viability of the Canadian city bidding for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, has wound up its operations ahead of a final decision by city council.

Costas Takkas, an aide to former Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) president Jeffrey Webb, has become the second official to be sentenced as part of the US proceedings into the corruption scandal in world football.

Ben Sutton, Jr., the former president and chairman of the IMG College division of the IMG agency, has formed a new private equity company, Teall Investments.

US video game developer Riot Games is set to introduce a franchise system for its European League of Legends Championship Series amid a raft of proposed changes that aim to bring it in line with its North American counterpart.