Events

Dublin has secured the right to host the 2013 Heineken Cup final, the showpiece game of European club rugby union.

Euroleague Basketball has announced that London’s O2 Arena will host the 2013 edition of its showpiece Final Four event.

Formula One’s commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that Spain will lose one of its grand prix race dates from next year under a new arrangement that will allow Barcelona and Valencia set to share hosting duties.

The Australian state of Queensland has been announced as the host of the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, one of the sport’s leading events.

Russian authorities on Thursday claimed that security agencies had foiled a plot by Islamic militants to stage attacks up to and during Sochi’s 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

Madrid will not follow Rome by withdrawing its bid for the 2020 Olympic Games despite Spain’s deepening economic crisis, a senior bid official has claimed.

The 2018 and 2020 Paralympic Games will be staged in the same city as the Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) agreed a new co-operation deal that will increase financial support for the Paralympic movement.

Queensland’s government on Wednesday named Nigel Chamier as the new chairman of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games organising committee, following Mark Stockwell’s dismissal at the weekend.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced that Melbourne will host the 2012 Men’s Champions Trophy – the final edition of the event before it undergoes a major revamp.

Soccerex has announced that Aldo Rebelo, Brazil’s Sports Minister, will participate in the official opening ceremony of this year’s Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro.

Title-chasing Manchester City has announced the switch of its kit supplier deal from Umbro to Nike, with the agreement set to start in the 2013-14 season.

Queensland’s state government is set to draw-up a new organising committee board for the Gold Coast’s staging of the 2018 Commonwealth Games after the shock dismissal of chairman Mark Stockwell on Saturday.

Sochi 2014’s infrastructure development for the Winter Olympics has come under the spotlight after former President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the country’s Audit Chamber to review bank lending to construction projects for the Games.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has taken the surprise decision to drop windsurfing from the Olympic programme for Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Games, with kiteboarding being named in its place.

Four of the sports broadcasting industry’s most respected figures will speak at the first TVSM Live event in Paris on Thursday, May 10.

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has announced that Manchester’s Old Trafford stadium will host the final of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, while a working party has been formed to discuss plans to expand the World Club Challenge.