Eastern Europe

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.

Winter Sports
Events

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has elected Minsk, Belarus and Erzurum, Turkey as the respective hosts of the summer and winter editions of the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival.

Football
Events

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has granted hosting rights for major events to Ostrava, Kampala and Nairobi after awarding the 2019 World Championships to Doha in Qatar yesterday (Tuesday).

Winter Sports

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has issued bans to musician Vanessa-Mae and five officials for competition fixing offences at an event leading up to the 2014 winter Olympics.

Volleyball
Events

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV), the governing body of volleyball in Europe, has awarded hosting rights for the 2017 men’s European Championship to Poland and the women’s European Championship of the same year to Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted provisional recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee ahead of the organisation potentially receiving full member status at the next IOC Session to be held in December in Monaco.
Events

The Polish city of Torun will continue to host a round of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) after the Marian Rose Motoarena venue reached a new three-year agreement with the series’ commercial rights-holder BSI Speedway.
Business

Pole vault great Sergey Bubka has been re-elected as president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine ahead of his expected run for the top job at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Volleyball
Events

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has hailed the success of its 2014 Men’s World Championship after the national team event generated record ticket sales.
Events

The prospect of a Hungarian bid for the 2024 Olympic Games appears to be over after Budapest’s Mayor, Istvan Tarlós, described the idea as “unrealistic”.
Events

Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) president Zsolt Borkai has thrown his support behind a possible Budapest bid for the 2024 summer Games, adding that “concrete steps” could soon be taken towards formalising an offer.

Ice Hockey
Events

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has received bids from Slovakia and Switzerland to host its 2019 World Championship.

Volleyball
Events

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) president Dr Ary Graca has warned nations looking to host its men’s World Championships  not to bid if they are unable to provide the sort of spectacle which kick-started a “new era” for the sport in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday.

Football
Business

Uefa president Michel Platini has said Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations have served to reduce the cumulative losses of Europe’s top clubs by more than 50 per cent, adding that European football’s governing body will hold a meeting to discuss the current situation in Russia and Ukraine on September 18.
Events

The Czech Grand Prix is set to remain on the MotoGP calendar for the coming years after event stakeholders held positive talks over the future of the event, one of the most popular rounds of the motorcycling series.

Tennis
Events

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has removed forthcoming Davis Cup ties from Israel and Ukraine, adding the two countries will not be permitted to stage events for the foreseeable future.