Europe

The organising committee for the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games recorded a profit of around five billion rubles (€103.2m/$142.3m), according to president and chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko.

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with football’s European governing body Uefa for mutual co-operation in the development of the game.

Spanish Liga football giant Barcelona has received some welcome good news after its members voted to back the redevelopment project for its Nou Camp stadium in what was only the second referendum in the club’s 115-year history.

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has announced the hosts of the World Junior Curling Championships, European Junior Curling Challenge, European Mixed Curling Championship and World Wheelchair Curling Qualification Event for the 2014-15 season, with the Estonian capital of Tallinn set to host its first major event.

Spanish Liga football club Valencia has partnered with the Two Circles sports agency in a bid to improve its marketing strategy to help it better understand its supporters.

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’.

Golf’s European Tour has confirmed that the Irish Open will return to Northern Ireland in 2015 and 2017.

Marketing agency MediaCom Sport has entered into a commercial partnership with Barcelona and Brazil football star Neymar.

Barcelona has confirmed it will appeal against sanctions imposed by Fifa after football’s global governing body found the Spanish Liga club guilty of breaching regulations surrounding the international transfers and registrations of players under the age of 18.

Krakow councillors have voted in favour of holding a referendum on whether the Polish city should host the 2022 winter Olympics, with a date of May 25 set to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi is considering selling a stake of between 20 and 30 per cent in the Italian Serie A football club, according to the Reuters news agency.

Football's world governing body Fifa has issued Barcelona with a transfer ban covering two windows and a fine of CHF450,000 (€370,000/$509,000) after finding the Spanish Liga club and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) guilty of breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.

Flying in a helicopter over the Paul Ricard motor racing circuit, situated in the French village of Castellet between Marseille and Toulon, you really appreciate why motor sport is viewed as one of the most glamorous in the sports industry.

Kevin Roberts on whether less could be more when it comes to the future of European international football matches.

Formula E chief executive Alejandro Agag has revealed the new motor racing series is in talks to introduce street races in New York and Paris.

The top tier of Italian football, Serie A, has taken the unusual step of demanding a clampdown on fan protests following a series of demonstrations at games.