North America

The CAA Sports division of US sports and entertainment giant Creative Artists Agency has acquired stadium and arena development firm Icon Venue Group.

American football league the NFL is exploring the possibility of staging a regular-season game in China as early as 2018 and Germany in 2017, according to multiple reports.

Raymond Moore has resigned as chief executive and tournament director of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in the US just days after claiming that women’s tennis stakeholders “ride on the coattails of the men”.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Sebastian Coe has pledged to encourage further innovation in the presentation of the sport following Portland’s staging of the 2016 World Indoor Championships, and has maintained he will continue to pursue Nestle over its controversial axing of its partnership with the global governing body.

The PGA of America has decided to discontinue the PGA Grand Slam of Golf after last year’s edition of the tournament, which was due to take place on a course owned by US presidential candidate Donald Trump, was cancelled.

Organisers of the Invictus Games have announced that the 2017 edition of the multi-sport event for wounded servicemen and women will be staged next September in Toronto, Canada.

Stacey Allaster, the former chair and chief executive of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), is set to return to the sport after agreeing to become the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) chief executive for professional tennis.

Ted Leonsis has bolstered his sporting portfolio by acquiring an expansion franchise in the Arena Football League (AFL) North American gridiron competition that will be based in Washington, DC.

North American ice hockey league the NHL has confirmed its full outdoor game schedule for the 2016-17 regular season, with a new event in the form of the Centennial Classic added to the calendar.

Austin’s Circuit of the Americas (COTA) has secured its place on the 2016 Formula One calendar, with US Grand Prix organisers hoping the addition of a showpiece concert by pop superstar Taylor Swift will attract new fans to the motor racing event.

The NHL North American ice hockey league has denied reports that it has already decided against launching an expansion franchise in Quebec City, Canada.

US financial services giant JPMorgan Chase has agreed an endorsement deal with basketball star Stephen Curry, who plays for North American NBA franchise the Golden State Warriors.

Elisha Chauhan finds out why a stadium project that was rejected by St Louis’ outgoing American football team could become crucial to Major League Soccer’s expansion franchise in the US city.

The PGA Tour has entered into a strategic alliance with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) as part of an ongoing effort to promote the growth of the sport.

North American ice hockey league the NHL has said it is committed to multiple editions of the World Cup of Hockey as the national team tournament prepares to make its return to the sport’s calendar later this year.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) has entered into partnerships with three agencies as part of an effort to enhance the global brands of the North American major league sports teams it controls.