England

Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Ian Ritchie has questioned the compensation figure sought by English Premiership clubs with regards to England’s staging of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, pointing out that they stand to benefit from a home tournament.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a groundbreaking partnership with England’s Loughborough University under which it claims to be the first international sports federation to introduce a dedicated ‘innovation centre’.

Businessman Marc Green has completed a deal to take over English Super League club Bradford Bulls after the acquisition of the rugby league club was ratified by the sport's governing body in England, the Rugby Football League (RFL).

The English Premier League has formalised a partnership to work closely with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on social and commercial development initiatives.

The Rugby Football League (RFL), governing body of rugby league in the UK, has signed a three-year extension to its commercial partnership with the Essentially agency.

The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, in partnership with the UK’s Ministry of Defence, has announced the formation of a new international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick service personnel, which will take place in London from September 10-14.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has hailed the English Premier League club’s progress off the pitch despite posting a net loss of £49.9m (€60.6m/$83.4m) for the 2012-13 financial year.

English Premier League football club Manchester United has teamed up with internet services company Google to launch a new initiative that aims to include the team’s global fan base in the match-day experience at Old Trafford.

Top-level snooker will return to Preston for the first time in nine years after the sport’s global governing body chose to relocate its Players Championship Grand Final to the English city.

Rally enthusiast Richard Bevan, the League Managers Association (LMA) CEO and former CEO of the English Professional Cricketers Association (PCA), was appointed chairman of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) late last year. He talks us through his sports industry career highs and lows.

Leaders will welcome UFC joint owner Lorenzo Fertitta to London for a one-off breakfast event on March 6, when he will explore the future landscape of sport and changing behaviour of consumers.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has taken an innovative step by launching what it claims is the first ever smartphone application specifically targeted at away fans.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has been granted permission to add up to 14,500 seats to its Etihad Stadium.

England Rugby 2015, the organising committee for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, has launched its volunteer programme for the event.

The seventh edition of the annual Leaders Sport Summit will take place in London on October 8-9, 2014, organisers of the event have announced.

Leeds Rhinos chief executive Gary Hetherington has called on English Super League and Australian NRL officials to approve the expansion of the World Club Challenge from 2015 stating the move would present increased broadcast and commercial revenues for rugby league.