North America

The National Football League has informed the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) that the league’s salary cap for the 2016 season will be set at $155.27m (€140.9m) per team, an increase of almost $12m on last season’s figure.

Leaders will host its first event on the west coast of the United States this week when its Leaders Sport Performance Summit touches down in Los Angeles on March 5.

Member associations of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) have today (Thursday) voted unanimously to approve a package of reforms that are deemed critical to the long-term future of the embattled organisation.

Mark Wilf, the owner and president of the Minnesota Vikings NFL American football franchise, will be among the speakers at the Leaders Sports Business Summit in New York next week.

National Football League (NFL) clubs are expected to see a noticeable rise in their salary caps from the 2016 season after an arbitrator ruled that the league was unjustly retaining more than $100m (€89.5m) from the shared revenue pool it splits with its players, according to multiple reports.

US premium experiential hospitality business On Location Experiences has further widened its portfolio by acquiring sports travel management services firm Anthony Travel.

The CSM Sport & Entertainment division of marketing services group Chime Communications has significantly bolstered its position in the North American market by announcing the acquisition of US live event activation agency JHE Production.

USA Hockey has selected the city of Plymouth, Michigan to be the host of its staging of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Women’s World Championship in 2017.

LA24 has said it will include a new stadium that will be constructed to house the relocated Los Angeles Rams NFL American football franchise in the Californian city’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

Major League Baseball franchise the Boston Red Sox has broken away from the league’s collective secondary ticketing deal by launching its own in-house resale platform.

US retail mortgage lender Quicken Loans is finalising details for a new floodlit exhibition golf event featuring Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler, according to the Associated Press.

The City of Houston has entered a bid to host the 2017 Pro Bowl, the all-star game of the NFL American football league, in an effort to create a double-header with its staging of Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium.

National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver has confirmed that the North American league is considering taking its annual All-Star Game overseas, adding that it is more likely to be staged in Europe than in Asia.

NFL American football franchise the Oakland Raiders has signed a one-year lease extension to remain at the O.Co Coliseum for the 2016 season as the team continues to seek a new permanent home stadium in the city.

North America’s Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has appointed Lisa Borders as its new president.

A group of more than 100 caddies have lost their class-action lawsuit against the PGA Tour after a federal judge in California ruled against their claims over the issue of corporate branding on their bibs at tournaments.