North America

Plans are afoot for an NFL (National Football League) developmental league. Barry Wilner explains how it could work, and why it could be a watershed for a variety of stakeholders in north America’s sports industry.

The NHL North American ice hockey league has announced that its salary cap will rise to $69m (€50.7m) for the 2014-15 season, slightly below initial projections.

Elisha Chauhan questions whether English rugby union’s top flight will sink or swim if it decides to play games in the United States.

American football league the NFL has agreed to remove its cap on proposed damages payable to former players who develop neurological illnesses related to concussion.

Organisers of horse racing showpiece the Breeders’ Cup have today introduced a new three-year hosting strategy for the World Championships, marking a departure from the North American event’s traditional method of assigning hosts.

The Canadian city of Edmonton has stepped up its bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games by appointing TSE Consulting as lead consultant in its efforts to land the multi-sport event.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) and the organisers of the sport’s Ironman series have held the first of a series of meetings aiming towards introducing uniformity in competition rules.

A dispute between American football league the NFL and the NFL Players’ Association (NFLPA) over alleged salary cap collusion in 2010 has been revived by a US appeals court.

Disgraced former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has failed in his bid to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that he and his former United States Postal Service (USPS) team, which the federal agency had sponsored, defrauded the government in a plot to use banned, performance-enhancing drugs.

The Washington Redskins have expressed their confidence that they will be able to overturn a ruling cancelling six federal trademark registrations for the NFL American football team’s famous name.

NFL American football franchise the Washington Redskins has come under further pressure over its famous name after the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today cancelled six federal trademark registrations for the moniker.

NFL American football team Miami Dolphins has reached a deal with Miami-Dade County that will see it bear responsibility for the renovation of Sun Life Stadium in exchange for county payments when it hosts major events.

Sports and athletic performance analysis companies Stats and Catapult have joined forces on a project to offer teams streamlined data on their athletes’ to aid injury prevention.

NHL ice hockey team Edmonton Oilers has announced the formation of a new sports and entertainment company that will feature recently retired Hockey Canada president and chief executive Bob Nicholson as vice-chairman.

The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has narrowed down its options for a potential bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games with Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C. identified as candidate cities.

NFL American football franchise the Minnesota Vikings have stepped up their efforts to secure a Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion team for their new stadium by agreeing a partnership with the Relevent Sports agency.