North America

Kevin Roberts looks at whether London Irish’s regular-season game in New York next year will lead to a permanent border-crossing mentality

The National Football League (NFL) has confirmed that the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams have filed official proposals for relocation to the Los Angeles area, as the process prepares to step up a gear in the coming week.

Tom Benson, owner of NFL American football outfit the New Orleans Saints and NBA basketball franchise the New Orleans Pelicans, has rejected reports that he is considering selling the two teams due to his age and an ongoing legal battle with estranged heirs.

San Antonio’s bid to attract a Major League Soccer (MLS) team has received a boost after Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E), which operates the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball franchise, struck a long-term lease at Toyota Field.

Turner Field, the centrepiece of the 1996 summer Olympic Games and current home of Major League Baseball franchise the Atlanta Braves, is set to be sold to Georgia State University and local real estate company Carter.

St. Louis has given its approval to a funding package that will be used to support the construction of a new stadium for the city’s NFL American football franchise the St. Louis Rams.

Crystal Palace has confirmed that American businessmen David Blitzer and Josh Harris have acquired a stake in the English Premier League football club.

Leaders has announced the first group of industry experts confirmed to speak at the Leaders Sport Business Summit taking place at the TimesCenter in New York on March 1-2, 2016.

A US appeals court has rejected a request from a group of college athletes to return to part of a ruling in a high-profile case concerning the billions of dollars of revenue that universities gain from their American football and basketball programmes.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has finalised its calendar for 2016, with the addition of a new World Cup event in Italy and further development of the winter triathlon discipline.

Vlad Marinescu, former director general of SportAccord, the umbrella body of international sports federations, has been named president of cloud-based global sports software company RSportz.

Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) has reduced its Major League Soccer (MLS) ownership interest to a single franchise after a group led by Mexican-American businessman Gabriel Brener acquired its interests in Houston Dynamo.

World Archery has announced that the Dutch city of s-Hertogenbosch – better known as Den Bosch – will host the 2019 edition of its World Archery Championships and World Archery Para Championships.

Salt Lake City in the US will host the inaugural Nitro World Games action sports event next summer, it has been confirmed.

Financial prosecutors in France are investigating the controversial decision to award the 2021 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships to the US city of Eugene.

On Location Experiences, the revamped premium experiential hospitality business owned by investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, global sports marketing company Bruin Sports Capital and the National Football League (NFL) has made its first move into the music and entertainment sector by acquiring Runaway Tours.