North America

Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has said the motor racing series is in talks to return a race to the streets of Las Vegas.

Nashville is set to be announced as the host city of the 2016 NHL All-Star Game, continuing the North American ice hockey league’s recent strategy of taking the event to new markets.

The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) has rejected claims that its plan to use artificial turf during the country’s hosting of the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup is gender discriminatory, adding that a lawsuit filed by a leading group of international players over the matter has “no merit”.

Boxing promoter and former multi-weight world champion Oscar De La Hoya has bought out the two largest stakes in Golden Boy Promotions not held by himself at the request of the shareholders.

In the fourth in a series of five mini reports on sports event hosting, in association with the Ultimate Sports Cities rankings, we take a look at tourism and public interest. There is a discussion of the latest thinking around tourism and public interest, and case studies looking at the top five cities in the category of tourism and public interest in this year's rankings - London, Melbourne, Sochi, Copenhagen and Calgary.

Ice hockey teams from North America’s NHL and the pan-European KHL could be set to play against one another at the 2015 World Expo in Milan, according to reports.

The Arizona Coyotes are set for another ownership shake-up after its owners agreed to sell a 51 per cent stake in the NHL ice hockey franchise to Philadelphia-based hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has said that it is “highly likely” that an NFL American football team will be lured back to the city in the next year.

Terry and Kim Pegula’s takeover of the Buffalo Bills has been approved by NFL owners, while it has emerged that the English Football Association (FA) is hoping to attract a permanent American football franchise to London by 2018.

The NFL has held talks with social media website Facebook to establish a partnership designed to enhance interaction with the American football league's supporter base, according to New England Patriots president Jonathan Kraft.

The owners of the Arizona Coyotes have confirmed that they are in talks with a potential investor, but have denied that any members of the ownership group are set to depart the NHL ice hockey franchise.

The National Football League has announced that Chicago will host the 2015 NFL Draft, ending a near 50-year run for the event in New York.

A leading group of international women footballers have followed through on their threat to bring legal action against Fifa after the game’s world governing body refused to alter its stance on the use of artificial turf at its 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada.

Baseball legend Derek Jeter has launched a new media platform following his recent retirement from the sport which aims to deliver the “unfiltered” views of athletes to their fans.

Major League Soccer (MLS) is poised to announce the formation of a new Los Angeles franchise that will replace the beleaguered Chivas USA team and whose investors will include Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Peter Guber and Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan, according to the Sports Illustrated website.

Fifa remains committed to staging next year’s Women’s World Cup in Canada on artificial turf despite the threat of a lawsuit from leading female players.