North America

Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has been banned for life by new NBA commissioner Adam Silver after the 80-year-old (pictured left) was recorded making racist comments.

NFL director of football operations Troy Vincent has said he is keen to establish a developmental competition that would put the American football league on a level footing with its major league rivals.

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig has confirmed he is to stick with his original plan to retire in January 2015.

US Olympic Committee (USOC) chief executive Scott Blackmun has said a shortlist of two or three cities for a bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games will be drawn up by June.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) board of directors has endorsed plans that will award schools from its five largest American football conferences greater autonomy on how to fund and manage scholarships, healthcare and other athlete needs.

NBA basketball team Miami Heat has taken a backwards step amid controversy over its proposed and much-debated 10-year arena deal with Miami-Dade County.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has said the American football league’s team owners will discuss the possibility of expanding the playoffs for the 2014 season at a meeting next month.

NBA basketball team Golden State Warriors has agreed a deal to buy 12 acres of land in San Francisco’s Mission Bay area to build its new arena.

Johan Bruyneel, the long-serving team director of disgraced former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong, has been handed a 10-year ban by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) for his role in the doping scandal surrounding the United States Postal Service (USPS) and Discovery Channel teams.

Longtime owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, Herb Kohl, has agreed a deal to sell the NBA basketball franchise to New York investment firm executives Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens for $550m (€398.5m).

Major League Soccer (MLS) commissioner Don Garber has announced Atlanta as the latest location to be awarded an expansion franchise for the North American football competition.

Golf’s PGA Tour has teamed up with commercial partner, US insurance company Travelers, to launch a fully integrated weather platform on its official website.

Nascar team owner Gene Haas has said he is yet to decide whether to launch his new Formula One motor racing outfit in 2015 or 2016, but said he plans to “beat the Europeans at their own game”.

The International Motorsport Federation (FIA) has accepted the proposal of a new Formula One entry by Nascar team owner Gene Haas, adding that it is also considering another bid from the Forza Rossa organisation.

NBA basketball franchise the Indiana Pacers are set to remain in Indianapolis after a deal worth a reported $160m (€116.1m) was agreed to keep the team in the city.

The NFL American football league has announced that its 2015 Pro Bowl will move away from its traditional home in Hawaii to be staged at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, the site of the 2015 Super Bowl.