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Scottish Premier League (SPL) club Hearts will be docked 15 points at the beginning of next season after entering administration, with accountancy firm BDO now taking over the club’s financial affairs.

Further details have emerged over how Russia will spend its 664.1 billion rubles ($20.75 billion) 2018 FIFA World Cup budget.

English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has reportedly offered to meet protesting supporters to discuss the cost of ticket prices at football matches.

Adidas has announced that it expects to achieve a record €2 billion in sales from football products in 2014.

Outgoing English Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards has been linked with the chairmanship at Championship side Leicester City.

The presidents of Russia and the United States have confirmed in a joint statement that high-profile events, such as the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, will see the two nations working together on security.

Scottish Premier League (SPL) team Heart of Midlothian has confirmed its intention to go into administration, and is likely to face a 15 point deduction for the 2013/14 season.

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) will halt next season’s 2013/14 schedule a full two weeks before the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympics ice hockey tournament, league vice-president Vladimir Shalaev said.

Tottenham Hotspur football star Gareth Bale has filed an application to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to trademark his famous goal celebration hand gesture.

English Premier League club Liverpool has appointed Andy Hughes as its new chief financial officer. Hughes will join the club on July 8, 2013.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has announced a partnership with the South Beach Yacht Club (SBYC) in San Francisco to make it an official stopover of the 2013/14 race next April.

Former professional road cyclist Sean Kelly has put his support behind fellow Irishman and International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid.

Ugur Erdener, president of Turkey's national Olympic committee, told the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Extraordinary General Assembly that government action following the riots in Istanbul will strengthen the city’s bid to host the Olympic Games in 2020.

Newly-elected president of Badminton World Federation (BWF), Poul-Erik Høyer, announced on Friday that he is stepping down as president of Badminton Europe with immediate effect.

English Premier League team Chelsea has formalised Marina Granovskaia's role as senior adviser to the football club’s owner Roman Abramovich.

John “Chips” Keswick has replaced Peter Hill-Wood to become the new chairman of English Premier League football club Arsenal.