Events

Formula 1 has spelled out plans to return to circuits it has been absent from for two years due to Covid-19 as part of a record 23-race calendar for 2022, but has confirmed that China will again be absent…

The International Olympic Committee has waded into the debate surrounding Fifa’s proposal to transform the men’s and women’s World Cups into biennial events by stating that it supports the calls for a…

Action sports property Nitro Circus has detailed plans to return to Australia and New Zealand in 2022 for an outdoor stadium tour

Dobromir Karamarinov has been elected unopposed as the sixth president of European Athletics, while the governing body has announced that a new mixed-gender indoor team event will debut in Glasgow in February…

Professional golf in Asia-Pacific continues to be badly disrupted by the pandemic, with this week seeing the Australian Open cancelled and the Hong Kong Open postponed

The Chinese Grand Prix will be absent from the Formula 1 calendar for the third year in a row in 2022, according to news agency Reuters

World governing soccer body Fifa has announced it will make a second visit to 2026 World Cup candidate host cities from October 21-November 1

The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts has awarded its 2021 World Championships to Berlin, Germany

The National Rugby League’s Premiership will expand to 17 teams from the 2023 season after the Australian Rugby League Commission approved the grant of a new licence to the Redcliffe Dolphins, with pay-television b…

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has become the latest body to speak out against Fifa’s plans to transform the World Cup into a biennial tournament, stating the event must be “preserved and n…

The National Women's Soccer League's championship game will relocate from Providence Park in Portland to Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville after multiple players requested the move

Kasper Rørsted, the chief executive of global sportswear company Adidas, has added the weight of his voice to world football governing body Fifa’s proposals to hold the World Cup on a biennial basis.

Venues in France and Spain will host HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series events for the first time in 2022, but events in Australia and New Zealand have dropped out due to pandemic-related logistics difficulties

Uefa has initiated the bid process for the 2028 European Championship, issuing its member national associations with a bid deadline of March 23 next year by which to submit their interest

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has opted to extend its association with fitness company Zwift for the staging of the second edition of its Esports World Championships next year

League advances its efforts to expand its International Series to mainland Europe

The Commonwealth Games Federation has unveiled an extensive overhaul of its showpiece event that will see only athletics and aquatics retained as proposed compulsory sports from its 2026 edition in a blow…

Golf’s European Tour has announced it will visit Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates for the first time in 2022, with another tournament in the region set to be unveiled “in due course”. T