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The Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) has announced the launch of a new structure and strategic plan that it hopes will pave the way for a new era for sport in the Kingdom.

Andrew Demetriou announced this (Monday) morning that he will stand down as chief executive of the Australian Football League, the top Aussie rules competition, at the end of the 2014 season.

Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke has aimed another rebuke at local organisers of the 2014 World Cup, stating that delays in stadium development have left world football’s governing body with a major challenge.

Team owners and competition organisers on Sunday gathered in Dubai for the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) draft, with $23.975m (€17.5m) spent on some of the sport’s leading stars.

Bernie Ecclestone will not be removed from his role as chief executive of Formula One for the time being at least, according to CVC Capital, the private equity company that operates the motor-racing championship.

The Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) has been disbanded due to the “changing political and commercial landscape” in the motor racing series.

European football’s governing body Uefa has announced it is investigating 76 Champions League and Europa League clubs for potentially flouting its Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

Sports and entertainment marketing agency CSM, a division of Chime Communications, has announced that Alan Pascoe is to step down from his role as president.

English Premier League football club Manchester United has teamed up with internet services company Google to launch a new initiative that aims to include the team’s global fan base in the match-day experience at Old Trafford.

New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chief executive Steve Tew has moved to allay fears over player welfare through the planned expansion of Super Rugby, adding that new teams in South Africa and Argentina will boost broadcast revenues and enhance the development of the game.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has appointed Winston Zheng as the new managing director of its Infront China arm.

The IMG Swiss division of the IMG agency has been appointed as the exclusive marketing partner of European action sports event Freestyle.ch.

The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has been shelved for the second consecutive year after the Twenty20 cricket tournament failed to attract sufficient commercial interest.

International Rugby Board (IRB) chief executive Brett Gosper has called for greater promotion of rugby union in Japan as the country prepares to host the 2019 World Cup.

Shona Robison, Scotland’s Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, has been announced as a speaker at SportAccord Convention, which will take place in Belek/Antalya, Turkey from April 6-11.

Jan Brewer, the Governor of Arizona, has vetoed a controversial bill that could have led to American football’s NFL shifting the 2015 edition of Super Bowl from the US state.