North America

Events in Miami and Rome have been added to the Global Champions Tour schedule for the 2015 season of the show jumping series.

US design, architecture, engineering and planning giant HOK has completed the acquisition of rival firm 360 Architecture in a move that will see it return to the sports facilities market.

A group of top female footballers have scaled back their demands in protest against Fifa’s decision to stage the 2015 Women’s World Cup on artificial turf.

Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya has reached a settlement on the $50m (€40.3m) arbitration case filed in June against the boxing promotional company’s former chief executive Richard Schaefer, according to the ESPN.com website.

NFL American football franchise the Washington Redskins has suffered a blow in its ongoing legal battle over its name after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said it would defend the constitutionality of a government tribunal’s decision to cancel trademarks owned by the team deemed offensive to Native Americans.

Bid leaders for Boston’s tilt at the 2024 summer Olympics have outlined plans to tap into the local region’s wealth of college sports facilities, adding that extensive consulting efforts will be made with local residents to tackle concerns over the bid.

Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) president Jeffrey Webb has dismissed suggestions that he is set to stand for the presidency of Fifa.

The World Financial Group Continental Cup will return to Las Vegas next year, according to a joint announcement from the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) and USA Curling Association.

Roger Goodell has been backed as commissioner of the NFL American football league after the conclusion of an investigation into the case surrounding former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice.

Competition organisers have revealed 24 metropolitan areas in the United States are interested in hosting matches at the 2016 Centennial Copa America national team football competition.

The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has selected Boston over Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as an applicant city in the race to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

City and state leaders have reiterated their desire to keep the St. Louis Rams NFL American football outfit in the Missouri city despite franchise owner Stan Kroenke having unveiled plans to construct a new stadium in Los Angeles, California.

North American ice hockey league the NHL is set to trial player-tracking technology during this month’s All-Star Game, according to Sportsnet.ca.

The US Olympic Committee (USOC) is expected to announce on Thursday which city it will choose to lead a bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

Rangers have rejected a takeover bid from Robert Sarver but extended an invitation for the US businessman to invest in the Scottish Championship football club.

Scandal-hit NBA basketball franchise the Atlanta Hawks is now available in its entirety after the team’s three ownership groups agreed to sell their complete stakes, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.