North America

Richmond in Virginia will host the 2015 Road World Championships after the International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed that the event would return to the United States for the first time since 1986.

The United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) has renewed a sponsorship deal with long-term supporter Visa.

Big Ten Network and CBSSports.com College Network have announced the creation of the Big Ten Digital Network, a new online portal for the hugely popular North American college sports conference.

The National Hockey League (NHL) has issued a new social media policy that will prevent players and team personnel from posting on websites such as Twitter and Facebook for long spells on game days.

Honda will remain the official automotive partner of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the United States for a further three years after the two organisations agreed to extend a relationship that began in 2008.

Canada’s Bell Media, owner of the CTV network and the TSN sports network, and public-service broadcaster CBC, has confirmed it will team up to bid for the rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games.

ESPN has sealed a mammoth eight-year rights extension with the National Football League (NFL) that will keep the hugely popular Monday Night Football show on the US cable broadcaster through to 2021 in a deal reported to be worth US$15.2 billion.

The National Football League (NFL) has signed up its second major sponsorship deal of the week by recruiting Marriott International as a commercial partner.

PepsiCo has renewed its long-term commercial partnership with the National Football League (NFL) in an expanded deal that will comprise a number of the drink and snack-food manufacturer’s brands.

Visa has extended its relationship with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), which encompasses a variety of properties throughout North and Latin American football.

The PGA Tour has announced its longest network television deal in history by penning a nine-year contract with CBS Sports and NBC Sports in the United States.

David Einhorn’s proposed acquisition of a stake in the New York Mets Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise has collapsed.

Toronto city councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam has called for a formal inquiry into Mayor Robert Ford’s decision not to press ahead with a bid from the city to host the 2020 Olympics.

Seven Major League Soccer (MLS) teams have come together to form an alliance which aims to attract more business to their venues from the music and entertainment industry.

Jim Bell, the executive producer of NBC’s ‘Today’ show, has been handed the responsibility of steering the US network’s coverage of the London 2012 Olympics, although his predecessor Dick Ebersol will remain involved in the channel’s output.

United Parcel Service (UPS) has expanded its sponsorship of college sports in the United States by penning a new “multi-year” agreement with IMG College.