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Owners and executives from a host of American professional sports teams have joined Los Angeles 2024’s board of directors in an effort to boost the city’s bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The US city of Seattle has agreed a deal to continue as a host port and team partner of the biennial Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has agreed to pay the travel and insurance costs of NHL players for the 2018 winter Olympic Games in a bid to ensure their participation at next year’s event in Pyeongchang, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

USA Hockey and the country’s national women’s ice hockey team have reached an agreement to end a wage dispute, in a deal that seemingly dispels any lasting concerns over a boycott of the forthcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Championships.

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Jeanie Buss is set to assume control of the Los Angeles Lakers for the rest of her life in a move that could signal the end of a family dispute over the ownership of the NBA basketball franchise.

The Oakland Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas has been approved by NFL American football franchise owners.

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Rene Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has called on the NHL to confirm by the end of next month whether it intends to allow its players to compete at the 2018 winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The Toronto City Council will look into the possibility of bidding to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games following a notice of motion by Councillor James Pasternak.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has said “people should assume” that players from the North American ice hockey league will not be competing at next year’s winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang with talks between the relevant parties having reached an impasse.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has reportedly decided to begin staging its Copa America national team tournament in the same year as the European Championships, the showpiece event of Uefa, the sport’s governing body in Europe.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formed a working group to assess changes to the candidature process for the Olympic Games that could see both Los Angeles and Paris achieve success in September, while it has also unveiled details of a major gender equality project for the global sporting movement.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King has opted to sell her majority stake in World TeamTennis (WTT) to franchise owners Mark Ein and Fred Luddy, who plan to expand the mixed gender team league.

Automotive manufacturers Chevrolet and Honda have followed chassis maker Dallara and tyre supplier Firestone in extending their commitment to US motor racing series IndyCar.

Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator DraftKings has raised over $100m (€94.1m) in a new Series E1 investment round led by Eldridge Industries, whose chairman and chief executive, Todd Boehly, partly owns Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers.