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Key figures from Fifa, Coca-Cola and Apex-Brasil are the latest additions to the international speaker line-up for the Leaders Sport Business Summit.

English Premier League team Manchester United could play midweek friendly matches overseas to fill the void left by the absence of Uefa Champions League football at Old Trafford this season.

A host of new speakers have been announced for the Leaders Sport Business Summit, which takes place on October 8-9 at Stamford Bridge in London, home of English Premier League football club Chelsea.

English Premier League football club Chelsea has made preliminary enquiries regarding the possibility of playing matches at Twickenham stadium while its Stamford Bridge home is redeveloped.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU), the governing body of rugby union in England, and the sport’s top-tier Premiership in the country, have reached an agreement over scheduling the domestic tournament around the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

English Premier League football club Arsenal has announced a £2m (€2.5m/$3.2m) reduction in group profit, but a £21.5m increase in total turnover in its yearly financial results.

A trio of top executives from the European Club Association will speak on a special panel session at the Leaders Sport Business Summit on October 8-9 at Stamford Bridge, the home of English Premier League football club Chelsea.

Premiership Rugby, the organising body of the top division of English rugby union, has today (Wednesday) confirmed that the salary cap for the club competition is to be increased.

The Football Association, the sport’s governing body in England, has confirmed proposals to cut the number of non-European Union players in the country’s league structure by up to 50 per cent.

English Premier League football club Everton has confirmed Walton Hall Park as the site for its proposed new stadium following an agreement with Liverpool City Council.

English Premier League football club Manchester United has entered into a partnership with the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) and mobile telecommunications provider Bakcell as part of an effort to develop grassroots football in the country.

Wentworth golf club in Surrey, England, the home of the annual BMW PGA Championship on the European Tour, has been sold to Chinese investors for £135m (€169m/$219m).

Senior figures at the English Premiership are reported to be confident that plans to change the club rugby union competition’s salary cap to allow for larger wages will be agreed this week.

Leaders has announced that more than 120 of the world's top brands and sponsorship spenders will attend the seventh Leaders Sport Business Summit, which takes place on October 8-9 in London.

English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has denied reports that it is in takeover discussions with Cain Hoy Enterprises, despite having admitted to meeting with representatives from the US private investment company.

Manchester United has revealed a substantial reduction in profits in its financial results for the year ending June 30, despite revenues increasing by 19 per cent to a new high of £433.2m (€540.7m/$700m).