Europe

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that para-snowboard events will be included for the first time in the programme for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

British Cycling has secured a major boost ahead of the London Olympics by agreeing a four-year extension to its relationship with principal partner Sky.

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has signed a title sponsorship deal with Dove Men+Care for the Grand Slam champions’ four-Test autumn international series of matches at the Millennium Stadium.

Barclays Premier League club Liverpool has continued its recent trend of globalising its commercial portfolio by agreeing a partnership with Turkish menswear brand Ramsey.

Russian telecommunications giant MegaFon has signed up as the final official sponsor for the forthcoming 2012 Ice Hockey World Championship.

Monday’s top-of-the-table Barclays Premier League clash between local rivals Manchester City and Manchester United attracted a record-breaking audience of more than four million viewers to UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, according to research by SportBusiness Intelligence.

The commercial power of the Champions League property has been further demonstrated with UEFA revealing that Europe’s leading clubs will receive a 15% increase in prize money for the next three seasons.

One of the key objectives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s broadcast strategy is “to ensure the long-term financial future of the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games.”

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general David Howman has criticised the British Olympic Association’s (BOA) failed appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the issue of lifetime bans for doping cheats as a waste of time and money.

Chelsea has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Formula One team Sauber which aims to tap into the global presence of both sports.

The German Football Association (DFB) has ended months of speculation by declaring it will not bid for UEFA Euro 2020, but it has extended its sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola until 2014.

Euroleague Basketball has announced that Austrian watchmaker Jacques Lemans will return to sponsor the Final Four competition for the third year in a row.

Investec and Epsom Downs Racecourse have sealed a 10-year extension to the Derby Festival partnership until 2021 in a deal the two parties claim marks the biggest sponsorship agreement in British horseracing history.

The Spanish government and the football league (LFP) have unveiled a new set of regulations that aim to assist clubs in erasing combined tax debts of Eur750 million.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has announced that the Paralympics will generate record broadcast revenue of £10 million after unveiling a host of new deals on Wednesday.

SportAccord Convention has announced the move of the 2013 edition of the event from Sochi to Saint Petersburg.