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The French government has asked the country’s motorsport federation (FFSA) to investigate the potential of staging a Formula One race just months after the apparent collapse of a similar proposal.
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The Japan Sport Council has launched an international design competition for the redevelopment of the Kasumigaoka National Stadium in preparation for the country’s staging of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and its key role at the centre of Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
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The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has confirmed the Wimbledon Championships will be moved back by one week, effective from 2015.
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Russian lottery operator Sportlotto has been appointed as an official partner of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
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Event organisers have announced the merger of the Swatch Freeride World Tour, Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding into one unified global championship series.
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Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe and five-time ice skating world champion Michelle Kwan have been confirmed as speakers at the final day of the Beyond Sport Summit on July 25.
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The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has confirmed that an ambitious plan to stage a Formula One race is one of four bids being considered for future usage of the Olympic Stadium.
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A lack of demand has resulted in the withdrawal of half a million tickets for the football matches at the London 2012 Olympics.
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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced it will launch the first edition of the IPC Marketing Summit during the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has stated his organisation is fully satisfied with the security procedures put in place for London’s Olympic Games in the wake of last week’s exposure of the failings of the organising committee’s contractor G4S.
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The International Aquatics Federation (FINA) is exploring ways to engage the wider public through mass participation events (MPEs) at future editions of the organisation’s World Championships, according to FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu.
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The man responsible for delivering England’s 2015 Rugby World Cup will be among the big-name speakers at the seventh edition of the International Sports Event Management (ISEM) Conference, which takes place in London from November 6-8.
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The London Legacy Development Corporation’s (LLDC) planning for the future occupancy of the 2012 Olympic Games’ key infrastructure came under renewed criticism on Friday as one of the two bidders for the media centre withdrew, criticising a lack of transparency in the bidding process.
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Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League triumph netted the club Eur59.4 million in revenue, according to figures released by European football’s governing body.
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The International Rugby Board (IRB) has furthered its quest to develop the sport in Asia and South America by announcing that Chile and Hong Kong will host the Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
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Glasgow 2014 has stepped up its commercial plans for its staging of the Commonwealth Games by naming leading electricity and gas company SSE as its second Tier One partner.
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The UK’s Home Secretary, Theresa May, was on Thursday forced to maintain that security plans for London’s Olympic Games will not be compromised, after it emerged that a further 3,500 troops will be needed for the event.
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Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) chief executive Stacey Allaster has revealed that almost 40 cities have expressed an interest in succeeding the Turkish city of Istanbul as the destination for the WTA’s end-of-year championships from 2014.