North America

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred has said the organisation is “working hard” on the prospect of staging regular-season games in London in 2017, but has maintained that expansion or the relocation of existing franchises is not on the immediate agenda.

Golf’s PGA Tour has signed a multi-year deal with Fermata Partners that will see the consumer products and licensing agency serve as the organisation’s exclusive trademark licensing representative on a global basis.

The CAA Sports division of US entertainment and sports giant Creative Artists Agency has agreed a deal to acquire London-based sports marketing agency brandRapport.

Two runners have sued the organisers of the New York City Marathon after claiming that the ‘lottery’ used to decide who is able to participate in the race is illegal.

The Canadian city of Edmonton will host the 2017 World Men’s Curling Championship, the World Curling Federation (WCF) has announced.

The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with Los Angeles 2024 designed to provide the city with financial protections as its Olympic bid proposal is developed.

Major League Baseball (MLB) has revealed it is to return to the Mexican market for the first time since 2004 after confirming that the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros will play a pair of Spring Training games in Mexico City this March.

Jordan Spieth has further solidified his status as golf’s new leading revenue generator by agreeing a lucrative endorsement deal with US beverage giant Coca-Cola.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) has secured a multi-year strategic partnership with financial services company Deloitte in an effort to accelerate the national governing body’s impact on the sport.

U.S. Soccer, the governing body for football in the country, has announced that it is to stage a new tournament this year, featuring four of Fifa’s top-ranked national teams.

Global sports marketing company Bruin Sports Capital, advertising and public relations giant WPP and Dan Gilbert, majority owner of NBA basketball franchise the Cleveland Cavaliers, have today (Monday) joined forces to unveil an early-stage venture capital fund focusing on disruptive sports and media technology companies.

Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), has hit out at stadium plans put forward to keep the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams in their current home markets, branding the proposals as “unsatisfactory and inadequate”.

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) in the US has appointed Nick Sakiewicz, a founding executive of Major League Soccer (MLS), as its new commissioner with immediate effect.

NFL American football franchise the St. Louis Rams has ramped up its bid for a move to Los Angeles by claiming that its current home market cannot sustain three major league teams and plans for a new stadium in the city do not make financial sense.

US sportswear giant Nike has pledged $13.5m (€12.5m) towards the redevelopment of track and field facilities at the University of Oregon, part of an upgrade for the venue’s hosting of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) 2021 World Championships.

American football league the NFL has said it remains in talks to bring games to the Mexican market, amid reports the Oakland Raiders could face the Houston Texans in Mexico City next season.