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“I believe in co-hosting,” said Fifa president Gianni Infantino as part of a wide-ranging closing address and interview at the 12th Globe Soccer conference and awards in Dubai.

The International Cricket Council has today (Thursday) charged Rajan Nayer, a cricket official in Zimbabwe, with three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in the latest match-fixing episode to hit the sport.

The formation of Harris Blitzer Sport and Entertainment last year brought the sports assets of American billionaires Joshua Harris and David Blitzer together into one holding company. Chief executive Scott O’Neil, president Hugh Weber and the Sixers’ president of business operations Chris Heck spoke to Ben Cronin about the company's aspirations the day after the NBA London game.

World Sailing has announced the initial set of disciplines that will undergo an antitrust review to ensure the governing body remains compliant with European Union competition law.

North America’s Major League Soccer has launched its own esports competition, eMLS.

Events – the USA's World Cup qualification debacle, the football federation's presidential election and two lower-league clubs bringing a case against Fifa to CAS – have conspired to put promotion and relegation back on the MLS agenda. Frank Dunne reports.  

Austrian prosecutors are investigating transactions between the OFB, football’s national association in the country, and Fifa, the sport’s global governing body.

The Pan American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) has lodged an appeal with the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) Arbitration Commission over the proposal by the world governing body to split it into two separate organisations.

Autocrats and populists have always sought to exploit the profile of ‘mega events’, says Tim Crow. But sport tends to resist.

Nigel Wood has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF), days after announcing that he would step down from the same position at the Rugby Football League, the sport’s governing body in England.

International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) president Morinari Watanabe has unveiled plans to create a new “community” for the sport from 2021.

Nigel Wood has announced that he is to step down from his position as chief executive of the Rugby Football League, which governs rugby league in England.

A new online betting company has launched that will specialise in offering markets on esports events.

We asked experts from across the sports industry to discuss their expectations and predictions for 2018 in terms of digital, social media and esports. As it turned out, even their terminology smacked of straightforward urgency. This was a "disruption" and "pivot"-free zone. Pure and simple, "change" is upon us.

The Chinese Basketball Association has entered into a global data partnership with Beitai Digital, the exclusive Chinese partner of sports and betting-related services company Sportradar.

The World Squash Federation (WSF) and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) have appointed global communications and engagement firm Weber Shandwick to support the sport’s bid to be added to the programme for the Paris 2024 summer Olympic Games.