Eastern Europe

Ukraine’s Youth and Sports Minister, Ihor Zhdanov, has said the country will not take up its option of hosting the 2017 EuroBasket national team basketball competition due to a lack of funding and the ongoing military turbulence in the east of the nation.

Budapest's bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games has received a boost after receiving unanimous support from the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB).

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has said that seven nations are in contention for the hosting rights to its 2021 and 2023 World Championships, while the European Aquatics League (LEN) has awarded Budapest a two-year contract to stage its Champions League Final Six water polo showpiece.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced that Slovakia will host its 2019 World Championship, while Switzerland will stage the 2020 edition of the national team tournament.

A potential bid from Budapest for the 2024 Olympic Games has moved a step closer after the Mayor of the Hungarian capital, István Tarlós, gave the project his full support.

Champions Hockey League organisers are targeting Poland as the next expansion market for the pan-European club ice hockey competition by stating they intend to extend a wild card offer to the domestic champion for the 2016-17 edition of the CHL.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed the countries that have been shortlisted as potential hosts for its men’s World Championships in 2021 and 2023.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has revealed that the country’s government is prepared to support a bid by Budapest to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has become the latest sports body to grant membership to Kosovo, while it has announced that the 2015 World Championships will become its first event to utilise LED advertising.

Budapest has been confirmed as the host city for the 2017 Judo World Championships.

Romanian authorities have said they will put forward a joint bid from Bucharest and Cluj for the 2021 summer Universiade multi-sport event.

The International Aquatics Association (Fina) has announced that Budapest will be the new host of its 17th World Championships and World Masters Championships in July 2017.

European football’s governing body Uefa is preparing to establish a domestic league in the disputed territory of Crimea.

Croatia will stage the third round of this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championship after Sochi withdrew its hosting rights due to financial difficulties.

The Hungarian city of Debrecen will host its first world-level basketball event after being awarded the 2015 3x3 U18 World Championships by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

International University Sports Federation (FISU) president Claude-Louis Gallien has hailed the success of the 2015 winter Universiade in Spain and Slovakia, but has stated the federation is keen to avoid a co-hosting model in the future.