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The International Handball Federation (IHF) has awarded its 2021 Men’s World Championship to Egypt, while the 2023 edition of the national team competition will be co-hosted by Poland and Sweden.

Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo will enter the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2016, it has been announced.

LEN, the governing body of European swimming, has confirmed that the 2017 European Short-Course Swimming Championships will be held in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has received bids from three cities for the hosting rights to the 2018 World Cup jumping and dressage finals.

The Ladies European Tour (LET) has announced that Scotland and Sweden will battle it out for the right to host the 2019 edition of golf’s Solheim Cup.

The X Games action sports franchise is to return to Europe after organiser, US sports broadcaster ESPN, finalised a deal with Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 to stage an event in Oslo.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has built on its long-running association with the International Ice Hockey Federation’s IIHF World Championship by forming a joint venture with the Danish Ice Hockey Association to deliver the 2018 edition of the national team tournament.

Swedish Ryder Cup star Henrik Stenson has launched an eponymous golf course design company.

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has announced that its season finale is set to return to the Swedish island of Marstrand, with organisers also stating next year’s edition of the sailing series will feature the biggest-ever prize fund in the history of the sport.

European football’s governing body Uefa has awarded the 2017 Champions League final to the Welsh capital, Cardiff, while the Swedish municipality of Solna will host the 2016-17 finale of the Europa League.

Badminton Europe, the sport’s European governing body, has announced that the Danish city of Kolding is to host the 2017 edition of its showpiece European Badminton Championships.

Europe’s short-lived hosting of ESPN’s X Games is set to be revived, but with the failed 2022 winter Olympic Games bidder Oslo in the driving seat, will the action sports event be back for good?

The X Games action sports franchise is closing in on a return to Europe after Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 signed a partnership with the Norwegian Ski and Snowboard Association to secure an event for Oslo.

Sweden is reportedly considering using the same sites put forward in an earlier bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics as part of a new proposal to stage the 2026 Games.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed the countries that have been shortlisted as potential hosts for its men’s World Championships in 2021 and 2023.

The IMG agency has entered into an agreement with the promotional and management companies of world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko to represent and promote female boxing star Cecilia Brækhus.