Europe
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The English county of Yorkshire has won the right to host the prestigious Grand Depart of the Tour de France, holding off competition from Barcelona, Edinburgh and Florence to stage the start of the 2014 cycling event.
Business

Manchester City has bounced back from recording the biggest loss in English football history last year, but the English Premier League champion has still registered significant net losses of £97.9 million for the 2011-12 financial year.
Stadia

FIFA has confirmed that Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium will host the opening match and final of the 2018 World Cup after approving Russia 2018’s hosting concept for the competition.
Events

European Olympic Committees (EOC) president Patrick Hickey has insisted that the new European Games concept will not compete with the Olympics for athletes or commercial revenue when it makes its debut in Baku in 2015.
Events

The City Council of Vienna has put forward a potential bid for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games as one of four issues up for debate in a March referendum.
Events

Leading Russian clubs have pushed forward with their plans to create a new ‘Super League’ including teams from neighbouring countries, stating that the new competition could be launched as soon as 2013-14 and has the backing of UEFA.
Events

The International Paralympic Committee has announced that Glasgow will now host the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships after the governing body upgraded the event from its original status as a European Championships.
Business

SportAccord Convention has announced that all three gold partners from the 2012 event in Québec City have renewed their agreements for the 2013 event in Saint-Petersburg.
Business

UEFA and FIFA have suffered a blow in their bid to generate maximum broadcast revenues from the European Championships and World Cup after an adviser to Europe’s highest court stated that Britain and Belgium should be allowed to retain their free-to-air ‘listed events’ laws.
Business

UEFA has sealed a three-year agreement that will allow technology company HTC to become the official mobile phone and tablet computer of both the Champions League and Europa League tournaments.
Business

Sochi 2014 has enhanced its preparations for the Winter Olympic Games by signing up two new official suppliers in the shape of Contemporary International (CI) and Karcher.
Events

The International Aquatics Federation (FINA) has announced that the Canadian city of Windsor has held off competition from three other bids to land the 13th World Swimming Championships (25m) in 2016.
Events

MotoGP’s commercial rights holder Dorna Sports has ended speculation over the future of the Spanish Grand Prix by announcing that it has agreed a deal to keep the race in its key marketplace until at least 2015.
Events

The Sport Industry Group has announced that entries to the Sport Industry Awards 2013 have closed with a record number of campaigns, brands and programmes submitted for the industry’s flagship celebration of commercial success in sport.
Events

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) voted on Saturday to approve the long-running bid to establish a European Games, with Baku in Azerbaijan set to stage the first multi-sport event in 2015.
Events

Rome will return to the Olympic Games bidding fray for the 2024 event after the city’s Mayor, Gianni Alemanno, admitted that it had made the wrong decision in withdrawing its tilt at the 2020 Games.
Events

UEFA has announced the launch of a new Under-19 club competition for the 2013-14 season, with the event set to have close ties to the Champions League.
Events

UEFA confirmed on Thursday that the 2020 European Championships will be staged across several different countries in Europe as part of a major restructuring of the quadrennial national team tournament.