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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) executive chairman and president Chris Kermode has said the organisation will not be “chasing the cash” in determining the future host for its World Tour Finals, adding that a market with a strong tennis fanbase will be sought.

English Premiership rugby union team Wasps has acquired a 100 per cent shareholding in the Ricoh Arena, the Coventry venue that will become its home from next month.

English Premier League club Chelsea has announced a profit of £18.4m (€23m/$29m) for the 12 months through to June 30.

English Premiership club Leicester Tigers has committed to facing an all-star National Rugby Football League team next year in what will be the first major professional club rugby union game in the US ahead of the full launch of the NRFL domestic league in 2016.

An NFL American football franchise in London could generate in excess of $250m (€195.6m) a year for the UK, according to a study released by business advisory firm Deloitte.

The National Football League (NFL) has said Wembley Stadium will again host three regular season games in 2015, with hopes of adding additional encounters ended by logistical issues surrounding London’s status as a host city for the Rugby World Cup.

English Premier League football club Chelsea has appointed Christian Purslow, a former executive at rival Liverpool, as its head of global commercial activities.

IPC Athletics, the international organisation for para-athletics, has shifted the 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships from Doha, Qatar to London, UK.

Organisers of the 2015 Rugby World Cup have reported record demand after 950,000 tickets were sold in last month’s general sale round for the rugby union national team tournament.

Chancellor George Osborne has pledged UK government support to the National Football League (NFL) potentially basing an American football franchise in London.

English Premier League football club Chelsea has confirmed that Ron Gourlay is to step down from his role as chief executive in order to pursue new business opportunities.

Refurbishment work on London’s Olympic Stadium could increase in cost by around £50m (€63.7m/$80m) according to reports, taking the overall cost of the facility beyond £600m.

Four unnamed regions are in the running to contest London’s staging of the ATP World Tour Finals, according to Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) chief executive Chris Kermode.

In the fourth in a series of five mini reports on sports event hosting, in association with the Ultimate Sports Cities rankings, we take a look at tourism and public interest. There is a discussion of the latest thinking around tourism and public interest, and case studies looking at the top five cities in the category of tourism and public interest in this year's rankings - London, Melbourne, Sochi, Copenhagen and Calgary.

Leaders has announced that a record number of delegates attended the seventh edition of its flagship Leaders Sport Business Summit, which was held last week at Stamford Bridge in London.

Greg Dyke, the chairman of England’s Football Association, has dropped his controversial plan to introduce ‘B’ teams into the Football League, which represents the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League.