Europe

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.

Dubai-based airline Emirates has expanded its portfolio of football partnerships by agreeing an endorsement deal with Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

Organisers of motor racing’s World Endurance Championship (WEC) are holding talks to shift its calendar so that it becomes a winter series.

German agency UFA Sports has signed long-term marketing partnerships with its local Bundesliga basketball team Hamburg Towers and Polish Ekstraklasa football club Wisla Krakow.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has said plenty of work remains to be done around the 20th edition of the multi-sport event in Glasgow this year, but believes the Scottish city is on course to deliver the best Games ever.

Sir Keith Mills, inventor of the Air Miles and Nectar loyalty schemes and the man who masterminded London’s successful 2012 Olympic Games bid, tells us about a distinguished career that now sees him working alongside Prince Harry to organise this September’s new Invictus Games.