Eastern Europe

Basketball
Events

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).
Business

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.

Winter Sports
Events

Belarusian authorities are discussing launching a joint bid with Poland for the 2021 winter Universiade multi-sport event, according to the BelTA news agency.

Para Sport
Events

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) has voted to support a study into the possibility of the country submitting a bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Martial Arts
Events

The Hungarian government has claimed success in the eastern European country’s bid to stage the 2017 Judo World Championship.

Athletics
Business

Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergey Bubka today (Wednesday) confirmed he will stand for the presidency of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), settling up a duel with another of the sport’s all-time greats - Lord Sebastian Coe.

Football
Events

Uefa has awarded its 2017 European Under-21 Championship to Poland, one of a number of hosting decisions made by European football’s governing body.

Ice Hockey
Business

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) president Dmitry Chernyshenko is keen to lower the salary cap for the pan-European ice hockey league as its clubs feel the effects of Russia’s economic problems.

Table Tennis
Events

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced new events in North Korea and Bulgaria for its 2015 World Tour, with a record prize fund of $3m (€2.4m) being supplied across the 23 dates.
Events

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has awarded hosting rights for its events to Finland and Lithuania.

Tennis

Women’s tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska has penned an endorsement deal with financial management and human resources software company Workday.

Football
Business

Uefa has issued penalties to Turkish club Bursaspor, Romanian duo CFR 1907 Cluj and FC Astra Giurgiu, and Lithuanian team FK Ekranas in the latest punishments handed out by European football’s governing body through its Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.
Events

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has rescheduled the dates for its 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland to avoid the multi-sport event clashing with that year’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships.

Rowing
Events

The International Rowing Federation (Fisa) has announced that four bids have been submitted to host the global governing body’s 2019 World Rowing Championships.
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled plans today (Tuesday) for new headquarters and announced that the Peruvian capital of Lima will host the organisation’s 2017 Session during which the host city for the 2024 summer Olympics will be selected.

Athletics
Events

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has awarded its 2017 World Championships to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, while the evolution of the sport has continued with the introduction of a new fencing format.

Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have sealed new endorsement deals with wine maker Jacob’s Creek and telecommunications company Sunrise, respectively.

Air Racing
Events

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship has added new events in Japan and Russia to its 2015 calendar.