England

Doyen Sports, an investment fund that finances player purchases for professional football clubs, has announced its intention to expand into the English Premier League.

International law firm, Hill Dickinson, has announced the launch of a new sports, media and entertainment team, based in its London office.

English Premiership rugby union teams London Irish, Saracens and Leicester Tigers are considering playing competitive matches in the United States, according to The Times newspaper.

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) president Jeffrey Webb has been announced as a speaker at the seventh edition of the Leaders Sport Summit, which takes place on October 8-9 at Stamford Bridge in London.

English Premier League football club Aston Villa is seeking a new owner after American businessman Randy Lerner today confirmed speculation that he would seek to sell the team.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected English media reports that the 2016 summer Olympic Games could be moved from Rio de Janeiro to London, the host city of the 2012 Games.

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has appointed Blake Solly as the first general manager of Super League, English rugby league’s elite club competition.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has appointed the English county of Rutland as host of its 2015 Team Racing World Championship.

A commission by the English Football Association (FA) into improving the prospects of the national team by developing more homegrown players has proposed introducing a new division of Premier League ‘B’ teams.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has installed former International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan as its next president.

Leaders has announced that its annual Leaders Sport Summit will return in a revamped format to Stamford Bridge, home of English Premier League football club Chelsea, on October 8-9.

Rugby World Cup Limited chairman Bernard Lapasset has said organisers in England are on course to deliver a “record-breaking” edition of rugby union’s showpiece event in 2015.

UK Athletics has appointed Sally Bolton as managing director of the organising committee for London’s hosting of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Championships and International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athletics World Championships in 2017.

Matthew Glendinning, Editor of SportBusiness International sister publication Sports Sponsorship Insider, rounds up they key issues raised at this year’s ESA (European Sponsorship Association) Sponsorship Summit in London.

London’s Queen’s Club tennis venue has partnered with mobile ordering platform Q App to enhance its customer service.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced that the overall prize fund for this year’s Wimbledon Championships will total £25m (€30.4m/$42m), an increase of £2.4m on the previous year’s grand slam tournament.