North America

The Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints have been confirmed as the first teams for the NFL American football league’s 2017 International Series in London.

NBA basketball franchise the Detroit Pistons is in advanced talks over moving to Little Caesars Arena, the future home of NHL ice hockey team the Detroit Red Wings, according to multiple reports.

Major Series of Putting (MSOP) has today (Friday) unveiled plans to build an innovative temporary sports venue in Las Vegas to host the first edition of what intends to become a lucrative new golf series.

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The PGA Tour golf organisation has furthered its commitment to bolstering its presence in the Asian market by opening a new office in Tokyo, while the body has also confirmed that the 2018 edition of the AT&T Byron Nelson tournament will now be played at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, Texas.

England has been confirmed as the host of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, while the 2025 edition of the national team tournament is set to be held in the US and Canada after the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) said it would recommend to Congress a joint staging of the event by the two North American countries.

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The quest to return NBA basketball to Seattle has taken a significant twist with the investment group led by Chris Hansen putting forward a model that would see a new arena developed entirely with private funds.

Three Democratic senators have urged the United States Golf Association (USGA) to withdraw hosting rights to next year’s U.S. Women’s Open tournament from a course owned by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball franchise has signed up daily fantasy sports line-up recommender Monster Roster as the first partner for its new ‘Sixers Innovation Lab’ scheme.

National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver has expressed his confidence that the North American league will avoid fresh difficulties over a new collective bargaining agreement, stating “tremendous progress” has been made and that a deal could be completed soon.

The Sacramento Kings has become the latest NBA basketball franchise to acquire a team in the North American organisation’s D-League development competition.

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has revealed that football’s European governing body would be open to the possibility of staging the Champions League final outside the continent.

The International Skating Union (ISU) has provisionally awarded hosting rights for six of its major events to be held during the period from December 2018 to March 2019.

The Big 12 has voted down plans to expand its membership, with the US college sports conference opting to retain its current roster of 10 schools.

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis has hailed final approval of a funding package for the team’s proposed new stadium in Las Vegas as a “historic day” but has maintained the NFL American football franchise is committed to its current home market until the end of the 2018 season.