Events

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Organisers of the National Games in India have come in for criticism after a number of major problems were reported over the first two days of the event in Ranchi.

The SportAccord Convention has confirmed that its 2011 City Forum in London will take place at the Debating Chamber of London’s County Hall on Tuesday, April 5.

West Ham United is set to be confirmed on Friday as the preferred bidder to take over the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, according to the BBC.

Ukraine appears to be in the clear to co-host UEFA Euro 2012 after UEFA and FIFA stated on Wednesday that they are “convinced” they will not need to impose a suspension on the country’s football federation (FFU).

A host of top brands have confirmed their involvement in this year’s Sport and Social Responsibility Summit 2011.

Members of the European Club Association (ECA), representing the continent’s top football clubs, have warned FIFA they are running out of patience with how football is governed on the world stage.

The Prime Minister of France pledged state support for Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission arrived in France on Tuesday for its first inspection of the three candidate cities.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has revealed the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata is likely to host Cricket World Cup matches in March, despite having been axed as the host venue for the India-England contest on February 27.

Soccerex has announced that representatives from UEFA, Adidas, Intersport and Warner Bros will be speaking on a special licensing panel at the Soccerex European Forum next month.

For the second year in a row, the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl has set an all-time record for a TV audience in the United States.

New Indian Sports Minister Ajay Maken has established a committee to submit a report into ways of ensuring Delhi’s 2010 Commonwealth Games host venues do not turn into ‘white elephants’.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has performed an apparent u-turn on an earlier suggestion that he expected the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to take place in the winter.

The Sport Industry Group has unveiled its official shortlist for the Sport Industry Awards 2011, the 10th anniversary of the prestigious event.

In an unprecedented move, Japan's spring sumo tournament has been cancelled in response to the sport’s biggest ever match-fixing scandal.

A cricket official in charge of the MA Chidambaram stadium in the Indian city of Chennai has insisted a wall collapse at the venue, which is slated to host four matches at the forthcoming Cricket World Cup, was a “minor” incident.