Switzerland

Top-level motorsport could be set to return to Switzerland with a plan being formed to stage a round of the Formula E electric auto racing championship in Lugano.

The Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has revealed that authorities in the country have received more than 100 reports of suspicious financial activity in relation to the award of the 2018 and 2022 Fifa football World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively.

Fifa has launched an internal investigation into allegations of corruption at football’s global governing body, according to the Reuters news agency.

The Motocross (MXGP) World Championship motorcycling series will return to Switzerland next year after agreeing a new race deal.

Lausanne, the Swiss city where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is based, today (Friday) landed a convincing victory in being awarded the hosting rights to the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games.

Lausanne 2020 has outlined the extensive commercial backing it has received for its bid to host the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games, as the process nears its conclusion.

The office for the Swiss Attorney General has said that new evidence has emerged of 28 new acts of possible money laundering in relation to the bidding contests for football’s Fifa 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Fifa handed over data and IT equipment from its headquarters to the Swiss attorney general’s office yesterday (Wednesday) as investigations continued into allegations of corruption.

Underwear and beachwear manufacturer D.Hedral has signed up Swiss tennis star Stanislas Wawrinka as a global brand ambassador.

Swiss lawmakers have pushed ahead with a law making it easier to investigate corruption allegations concerning sporting bodies based in the country amid claims that the proposed legislation is in danger of being watered down.

With Cybathlon already attracting global interest ahead of its October 2016 debut, could the event pose a threat to the Paralympic Games? Elisha Chauhan asked IPC (International Paralympic Committee) President Sir Philip Craven.

Elisha Chauhan looks at how event organisers and marketing agency H+H Management have approached the sale and distribution of commercial rights for the 2016 Cybathlon.

Cybathlon – the new Paralympic-style event that will see man and machine race as one – has been created to advance engineering and technology that assists people with disabilities. However, it will also put on a spectacle that is unrivalled in the world of sport. Elisha Chauhan reports.

Cybathlon – the new Paralympic-style event that will see man and machine race as one – has been created to advance engineering and technology that assists people with disabilities. However, it will also put on a spectacle that is unrivalled in the world of sport. Elisha Chauhan reports.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced that Slovakia will host its 2019 World Championship, while Switzerland will stage the 2020 edition of the national team tournament.

Ohio University’s Master of Sports Administration programme has today been named the best postgraduate sports management course in the world by SportBusiness International for the third time.