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The delayed 2013 Women’s World Squash Championship will take place in Penang, Malaysia from March 17 this year.

Tottenham Hotspur and Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise Toronto FC have entered into a four-year advertising rights deal as part of Jermain Defoe’s transfer from the English Premier League club to the Canadian team.

The Victoria state government has unveiled a new A$338m (€235.8m/$320.4m) upgrade for Melbourne Park, with the scheme representing phase two of the redevelopment masterplan for the home of the Australian Open tennis grand slam.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has agreed to become the head of the local organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic Games, according to the Kyodo news agency.

The Fiji Rugby Union, the country’s governing body of rugby union, has pledged to resolve administration issues that have led to a suspension in central financial support from the International Rugby Board (IRB), the sport’s global governing body.

Lega Serie A president Maurizio Beretta has said the organisation is considering returning to an 18-team format in the top division of Italian football.

The Spanish Football League (LFP) has announced that it will commemorate the 85th anniversary of professional football in Spain by launching a World Challenge friendly competition.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak has revealed that a small town 12 kilometres from the nearest winter Olympic Games venues will serve as a ‘protest zone’ during Sochi 2014.

Energy industry executive Dariusz Mioduski has taken over leading Polish football club Legia Warsaw after striking a deal with media conglomerate ITI Group.

Organisers have confirmed the inaugural Fiji International golf tournament will take place on August 14-17.

Men’s world No.2 tennis star Novak Djokovic has entered into a three-year global partnership with Japanese watch manufacturer Seiko.

Indian athletes will compete under the Olympic flag rather than their national flag at next month’s winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Michel Platini, the president of football’s European governing body Uefa, has hit out at Jérôme Valcke after the secretary general of the sport’s world governing body Fifa claimed yesterday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would not take place in the summer.

The Japanese government and Tokyo authorities are in final talks with a view to appointing former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori as head of the city’s local organising committee for the 2020 Olympic Games, according to Kyodo News.

Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) is in talks to establish a three-day cycling race in Yorkshire in a bid to gain a foothold in the UK market.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has revealed that the American football league is “seriously considering” expanding its playoffs by adding two more teams in both the AFC and NFC conference post-season schedules.