Events

The Jockey Club, the horseracing organisation that owns and manages 14 racecourses across the UK, has appointed Scott Bowers, Co-Head of Sport at PR consultancy firm Weber Shandwick, as its new Director of Communications.

The French Open could be forced into a "heartbreaking" move away from Paris in the next few years due to opposition against extending Roland Garros, according to tournament director Gilbert Ysern.

The Ukrainian minister of family, youth and sports has revealed renovation works for the stadium that will host the Euro 2012 final in Kiev are five months behind schedule.

The London Organising Committee of the 2012 Olympic Games said yesterday an extra 300,000 seats will be available in a move to avoid the empty stadiums seen at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Brazil’s largest telecoms company Oi has signed a sponsorship deal with FIFA for the 2014 World Cup.

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The Circassian diaspora, the group of indigenous Muslims from the northwest Caucasus, has appealed to the International Olympic Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics not to be held in Sochi unless Russia apologises for the deaths of 300,000 Circassians in and around Sochi during the 19th century.

On-course Tote betting turnover was up 22 per cent year-on-year for Friday’s Gold Cup day of the Cheltenham Festival, taking the four-day total past £10 million for the first time.

Havas Sports & Entertainment has been appointed by the Spanish Tourism Board to create and manage all sports-based activities taking place at the ‘A Taste of Spain’ event on London’s Regent Street this summer.

The MotoGP due to take place in Hungary this year has been replaced by a fourth race in Spain.

Conference organiser Leaders in Football has appointed public relations agency Macesport to manage media around its event for two more years.

Executives from adidas, Audi, Emirates and Swiss Timing will speak at a session on sponsorship strategy at the next SportAccord Convention.

The Pakistan Olympic Association has provisionally rescheduled the country's national games, due to take place this month, for December due to over security fears.

Asian Football Confederation president Mohammed bin Hammam will speak at the inaugural Soccerex Asian Forum, which takes place in Singapore on July 28 and 29

Canadians report a surge in national pride in the afterglow of the Olympics.

Twenty-five cities are in the running for the SportBusiness Ultimate Sports City of 2010 award. Reigning champion Melbourne is on the list again, but faces competition from Asia, the Americas, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.