Equestrian

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has stripped hosting rights to its 2016 World Endurance Championship from the United Arab Emirates amid ongoing horse welfare concerns, and has opened a new bidding process for the event.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has opened the bidding process for the 2022 edition of its showpiece World Equestrian Games event.

Organisers have unveiled the 12 teams that will compete in the Global Champions League (GCL), as the new show jumping series prepares to launch its inaugural season next month.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has opened a bidding process for cities interested in hosting its European Championships in 2019 and World Cup Finals in four disciplines from 2019 to 2021.

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has pledged that venues will be delivered on time for the 2016 Olympic Games after the equestrian facility joined the tennis centre in having its construction contract annulled.

Mexico City has been added to the 2016 calendar of events for show jumping’s Global Champions Tour (GCT), which will incorporate the new Global Champions League (GCL) this year.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has maintained that it has only granted interim approval for riders to compete in the Global Champions League (GCL) amid claims from the competition’s organisers that it has received the full go-ahead to launch in 2016.

Paris has seen off competition from Gothenburg and Las Vegas to land the International Equestrian Federation’s (FEI) 2018 World Cup jumping and dressage finals, while the federation has signalled its intention to maintain its long-running legal battle with organisers of the Global Champions League (GCL) competition.

The Sports Consultancy has been appointed as the official global sponsorship sales agency of the FEI, the global governing body of equestrian sports.

Brazilian authorities and the European Union (EU) have agreed a deal that is set to remove the threat of equestrian events being moved outside the country for the 2016 Olympic Games, according to Olympic Public Authority (APO) president Marcelo Pedroso.

Organisers of the Global Champions League (GCL) have claimed they are now ready to launch the new show jumping series next year following their latest victory in an ongoing legal battle with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).

The Federation of International Polo (FIP) has expressed its intention to push on with an effort to return the sport to the Olympic Games programme after a recent unsuccessful bid for inclusion at Tokyo 2020.

Luiz Roberto Giugni, president of the Brazilian Confederation of Equestrian, has warned that ongoing delays in preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro could lead to equestrian events during the sporting spectacle being staged outside of the country.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has received bids from three cities for the hosting rights to the 2018 World Cup jumping and dressage finals.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has said it will maintain its legal battle over the Global Champions League (GCL) after the new show jumping competition’s organisers claimed victory in a case that will allow it to launch next year.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has reinstated the national federation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to full member status following its suspension relating to horse welfare issues and non-compliance with regulations within the endurance discipline.