Americas

The PGA of America has signed a multi-year agreement with the Trump Organization under which the Grand Slam of Golf event will return to the US mainland for the first time in over two decades.

The US House Oversight Committee’s new chairman, Jason Chaffetz, has signalled his intention to actively pursue overturning the tax-exempt status that the NFL American football league has enjoyed for decades.

International Aquatics Federation (Fina) president Julio César Maglione is set to assume interim leadership of the Pan American Sports Organisation (PASO) after being nominated to replace the late Mario Vázquez Raña by the body’s executive committee.

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron has been elected for a second term in charge of the governing body despite enduring a turbulent spell at the helm over recent months.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed Rio de Janeiro as the host of its 2015 Volleyball World League Group 1 Finals, with the tournament also set to serve as a test event for the Brazilian city’s hosting of the 2016 summer Olympic Games.

North America’s Major League Soccer (MLS) has struck a new collective bargaining agreement with its players to avert a work stoppage just two days before the start of the new season.

Juan Angel Napout has been re-elected as president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), with Jeffrey Webb also set to retain power at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).

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Major League Baseball (MLB) has appointed cultural branding firm LatinWorks as its creative agency partner in an effort to help improve relations with Latino fans.

The Qatari government’s investment fund has been linked with a possible takeover bid for North American NBA franchise the Brooklyn Nets.

The International Federation of PGA Tours has confirmed it will move its Match Play Championship to the Texan state capital of Austin from the 2016 season.

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred has outlined his vision for two new franchises from outside the US to be added to the competition.

The International Olympic Committee has urged organisers of the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to maintain its pace of preparations as the build-up to the event enters a crucial phase.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced that its Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship will return to Belo Horizonte for the third year in a row, with the Brazilian city hosting the 2015 edition from October 27 to November 1.

The PGA Tour has announced that Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, will host the 2021 edition of the Presidents Cup team match play golf tournament.

The owner of the Ironman Triathlon series is considering a potential sale or initial public offering (IPO) for its World Triathlon Corp subsidiary.