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World governing body Fifa has scrapped its proposed three-team group stage for the expanded 48-team men's World Cup in 2026 and will now organise an opening round with 12 groups of four in a tournament…

Athletes Unlimited Volleyball has announced its third season will be played in the Phoenix, Arizona area in the fall of 2023 as part of a shift from a February-March schedule

Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has agreed a deal that will see four of the next six editions of the Supercoppa Italiana competition played in Saudi Arabia,…

Olympic champion Didier Défago has been appointed as the new chief executive of the local organising committee for the 2027 Alpine Ski World Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Seoul will look to bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but will not seek to rekindle a proposal put forward for the 2032 Games involving North Korean capital Pyongyang, while Latvia has looked…

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that five bidders are in contention to host its 2024 World Championships, with the strong potential for the event to head to a new market

The Sportfive agency has been appointed to sell hospitality packages for the Polish national team’s home qualifiers for next year’s Uefa Euro 2024 tournament.

Brazil's Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro will host the final of the 2023 Copa Libertadores, South America’s leading club football tournament, while the final of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, the continent’s sec…

The organising committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has announced that 3.25 million tickets have been sold during the first phase, a record for a sporting event in France

The Italian government has given its official backing to the country’s bid to host national team football tournament Uefa Euro 2032.

US wrestling organisation WWE is in talks with state gambling regulators in Colorado and Michigan regarding the potential of legalising betting on major events

League One Volleyball (LOVB) has announced that Houston, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia as the first two markets of the American professional women's volleyball league

Brazil is preparing a bid to host the 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup, the country’s sports ministry has announced.

The Canadian cities of Calgary and Edmonton are set to explore a joint bid for the 2030 edition of the Commonwealth Games, with Hamilton seemingly out of the running after failing to secure financial support…

Soccer promoter Relevent Sports' lawsuit against Fifa and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) can go to trial after an appeals court reversed a lower-court's decision to throw out the suit

Tampere has been selected as Finland’s host city for the EuroBasket 2025 national team basketball tournament.

World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has announced it will return to the Chinese city of Xinxiang next month to host its third WTT Champions…

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a three-year deal with Sport Singapore for the city-state to hosts its Intercontinental Cup club competition