North America

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has joined forces with host organisation the Racquet Club of Memphis to acquire the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in a bid to ensure the long-running Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) event remains in the American city.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has said it will appeal a US judge’s ruling that would allow universities to offer student athletes a limited share of revenue, a decision that overturns the NCAA’s stance of enforcing amateurism in college sports.

English Premier League football club Sunderland has struck a partnership with Major League Soccer’s DC United.

The 2016 edition of the PGA Championship earlier than usual to accommodate the Rio Olympic Games, organisers of the golf major have confirmed.

Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium will host a game between San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings next February as part of the National Hockey League’s Stadium Series.

Bud Selig’s successor as commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) is set to be decided next week, when the league’s owners gather in Baltimore to vote on three final candidates.

A group of international female footballers is threatening legal action against the decision to stage 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup matches on artificial turf surfaces across Canada.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has talked up Canada’s planned bid for the 2026 World Cup as the country prepares to demonstrate its credentials for hosting major football events by staging the women’s game’s two international showpieces.

The Sacramento Kings have emerged as the latest major league sports franchise to express an interest in securing a Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion team amid reports that the owners of the NBA basketball outfit will hold talks this week over acquiring USL Pro club Sacramento Republic.

American football’s NFL has announced that Zebra Technologies’ real-time location system (RTLS) will be installed in 17 stadia during the 2014 season.

NFL American football franchise the Washington Redskins has engaged public relations firm Burson-Marsteller in its latest move to battle criticism that its famous moniker is a racial slur.

Putting a value against retweets, mentions and likes has been a major conundrum for agents looking to capitalise on their sports stars’ prowess across social media. Dallas-based Stout Partners thinks it has the solution.

The furore over the Washington Redskins’ name builds not only in the nation’s capital, but across the United States. However, the region has a precedent for name changes working out rather well.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has announced that the LPGA Tour will commence its 2015 season with a new event in Florida.

Washington, D.C., attorney Michele Roberts has said she is already focused on negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) after making history by being appointed the new executive director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).

NASCAR CEO Brian France opens up about heading the family-run motor series, and outlines the challenges and opportunities the billion-dollar business faces in the near future.