Events

The venue infrastructure plan for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is set for a significant overhaul after the Queensland Government elected to scrap a planned major redevelopment of the Gabba and reject a review committee’s recommendation to build a new “world class stadium”.

Fifa has continued the expansion of its international tournaments with the announcement that Qatar is to host the next five editions of an annual 48-team men’s U17 World Cup, with Morocco set to stage t…

CBS Sports and TNT Sports are not concerned about a potential viewership dip at this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament after last year's lowest-performing championship game and an absence of star…

The Olympic Council of Malaysia said it has been offered the chance to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) pledging £100m (€117.6m/$128.5m) to support such an undertaking.

The Saudi Super Cup is heading to the United Arab Emirates as part of a sponsorship deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) - Abu Dhabi.

Canada will look to show off its basketball credentials as it pursues a Women's National Basketball Association franchise, after being awarded a pre-season game for the second successive year

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has taken the unprecedented step of awarding hosting rights for the 2026 Women’s Euro to five countries: Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Turkey.

UK Sport has published its major event hosting target list for the coming decade, with the Commonwealth Games and Olympics omitted from a list that includes the Fifa Women’s World Cup.

UK Sport and UK Athletics are drawing up a plan to bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships, with London being eyed as the host city.

Major League Soccer has announced that it will send just eight of its 26 US-based first teams to compete in the 2024 US Open Cup, the United States' nationwide club competition.

The World Athletics Council has selected Beijing to host the 2027 World Athletics Championships

Australia is the favourite to host the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup following the withdrawal of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia from the bidding race.

American events platform AXS and German services company CTS Eventim have been awarded ticketing rights for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Endeavor-owned hospitality company On Location has acquired a minority stake in Wiz-Team, the Switzerland-based event and data management technology firm

Crans-Montana’s hosting of the 2027 Alpine Ski World Championships is in doubt amid a dispute between the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and Swiss-Ski over financial guarantees.

TKO Group, parent company of UFC and WWE, has agreed what is claimed to be a first-of-its-kind, five-year live events deal with OCVIBE, the $4bn (€3.71bn) sports and entertainment district being developed in Anaheim.

World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has secured a major boost for its fledgling WTT series, after Saudi Arabia struck a multi-year deal to…

One of the world's richest snooker events is to take place in Saudi Arabia for the next 10 years, further strengthening the Matchroom Group's ties to the Kingdom