Scandinavia

Swedish Ryder Cup star Henrik Stenson has launched an eponymous golf course design company.

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has announced that its season finale is set to return to the Swedish island of Marstrand, with organisers also stating next year’s edition of the sailing series will feature the biggest-ever prize fund in the history of the sport.

European football’s governing body Uefa has awarded the 2017 Champions League final to the Welsh capital, Cardiff, while the Swedish municipality of Solna will host the 2016-17 finale of the Europa League.

Badminton Europe, the sport’s European governing body, has announced that the Danish city of Kolding is to host the 2017 edition of its showpiece European Badminton Championships.

Europe’s short-lived hosting of ESPN’s X Games is set to be revived, but with the failed 2022 winter Olympic Games bidder Oslo in the driving seat, will the action sports event be back for good?

The X Games action sports franchise is closing in on a return to Europe after Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 signed a partnership with the Norwegian Ski and Snowboard Association to secure an event for Oslo.

Sweden is reportedly considering using the same sites put forward in an earlier bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics as part of a new proposal to stage the 2026 Games.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed the countries that have been shortlisted as potential hosts for its men’s World Championships in 2021 and 2023.

The IMG agency has entered into an agreement with the promotional and management companies of world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to represent and promote female boxing star Cecilia Brækhus.

The Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, has claimed he has held talks with his counterpart in Hamburg over the possibility of the Danish capital being utilised as part of the German city’s bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

The Norwegian city of Oslo has given its backing to a proposal from commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 to return the X Games action sports event to Europe in 2016.

Are in Sweden, the host of the 2019 Alpine World Ski Championships, has secured the hosting rights for the 2017 Junior Alpine World Ski Championships.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is to relocate the 2015 edition of its Senior World Championship to the US state of Ohio following the decision by the Swedish capital of Stockholm to withdraw as host city.

Czech tennis star Petra Kvitova has been announced as a global athlete ambassador for the Right to Play foundation, while her WTA Tour counterpart Caroline Wozniacki has been dropped from an endorsement deal with Scandinavian fashion brand JBS.

Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden national team football star Zlatan Ibrahimović has signed a long-term partnership with Scandinavian fashion retail chain Dressmann that will lead to the launch of a new sportswear brand.

The Lagardere Unlimited Stadium Solutions (LUSS) arm of media conglomerate Lagardere has strengthened its portfolio of leading sports venues by agreeing a 10-year deal to manage operations at Stockholm’s Friends Arena.