Europe

Glasgow 2014 has struck a deal with London 2012 partner RGS (UK) Ltd, which will see the company become the official furniture provider of the Scottish city’s staging of the Commonwealth Games.

European Rugby Cup (ERC) has announced that France will host the 2014 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals in what could be the last staging of European rugby union’s leading club competition in its current format.

The English Football Association (FA) has stated it is keen to host the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 at Wembley Stadium if UEFA president Michel Platini’s vision to revamp the hosting concept for the competition comes to fruition.

MediaCom Sport has become the latest agency to establish a presence in the Russian market, stating that its new office in Moscow will act as stage one of its global rollout plan.

The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has signed a raft of partnerships for the event, headlined by Coca-Cola and Ingosstrakh’s decision to become presenting partners of the torch relay.

Rio de Janeiro’s organising committee for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games has fired 10 employees for stealing files from its counterpart LOCOG during the London 2012 Games.

FC Barcelona’s members have voted to approve the staging of a referendum to decide the future of its Nou Camp home, with the club stating this process will be staged in either the 2014-15 or 2015-16 season.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is in advanced negotiations with a Qatari financial institution over a major sponsorship deal that could be worth as much as Eur100 million per season, according to AFP.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has bolstered its international cricket coverage by signing new deals with Cricket Australia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) – agreements which will include England’s showpiece Ashes tour to Australia in 2013-14.

Legendary Olympian Sir Matt Pinsent will deliver an athlete's perspective on sports marketing when he takes to the stage at Sports Marketing 360, at the BT Centre, London next Thursday (September 27).

Soccerex has announced that England manager Roy Hodgson, and a senior delegation from the Football Association (FA), will be attending and speaking at the Soccerex Global Convention, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro from November 24-28.

Specialist bank and asset manager Investec today announced it has renewed its shirt sponsorship of English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur across the Europa League, FA Cup and League Cup competitions for the 2012-13 season.

F1 in Schools has appointed Steve Nevey as director of business development and partnerships for its global educational initiative.

Manchester United has paid for its comparatively poor season on-the-pitch in 2011-12 after reporting a 3.3% fall in revenues to £320.3 million for the year ending June 30.

Heineken Cup organiser European Rugby Cup (ERC) has described Tuesday’s meeting in Dublin over the future of rugby union’s leading club competition as “productive”, adding that stakeholders will meet again on October 8.

Glasgow 2014 has signed up its sixth official supporter for its staging of the Commonwealth Games by agreeing a partnership with Toshiba TEC UK Imaging Systems.