Events

Billy Beane, the legendary general manager of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the Leaders in Performance event, part of the Leaders Sports Summit.

Formula One rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone does not expect the championship’s turnover to dip this year despite the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

British tennis star Andy Murray has claimed the prospect of strike action cannot be ruled out by players who will meet next month in Shanghai, China.

Qatar could offer a “new frontier” in world sport if the 2017 World Athletics Championships is awarded to Doha, according to Qatar bid committee president Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched the bidding tender for the Summer Youth Olympics in 2018.

The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee has selected GAZ Group and Scania-Rus as the exclusive suppliers of buses for the Games.

The French city of Lyon will stage the 2014 World Cup Final Jumping event after Guadalajara withdrew as the host, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has announced.

New Zealand Transport Minister Steven Joyce has promised fans they will have a “significantly improved” experience in travelling into Auckland for Rugby World Cup games from this weekend.

Brazilian politicians are remaining optimistic that the country will stage a successful FIFA World Cup despite the publication of a report outlining concerns over pace of preparations.

Russian Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak insisted on Wednesday that venue and infrastructure costs ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were under control after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hailed preparations for the Games.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has insisted China remains an “important market” for the organisation despite the decision to cancel an upcoming tournament in the country.

The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) has confirmed that Argentina will return to the MotoGP calendar from 2013 after a 14-year absence.

SportBusiness Group, publisher of SportBusiness Newslines, has announced that Charlie Wijeratna, executive director of Barclays Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, will deliver this year's keynote address and interview at next week’s Sports Marketing 360 event.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced on Tuesday that New Zealand would be the new home of this year’s Champions Trophy after the governing body axed India as the tournament’s host country last week.

Hassan Al-Thawadi, the former CEO of Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, will address delegates at the annual Leaders in Football conference on October 5-6.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup could generate US$1.67 billion for the global sports economy, according to research commissioned by MasterCard Worldwide, a worldwide partner of the International Rugby Board tournament.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has revealed plans for Russia to reduce the number of stadia it plans to utilise during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

New Zealand Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully has admitted that “immediate attention” needs to be paid to Auckland’s transport plan for the tournament after hundreds of ticket-holding fans missed out on the opening game of the competition on Friday.