Football

English Premier League champion Manchester City has entered into a 10-year partnership with local institutions Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and Manchester City Council (MCC) designed to enhance the sporting and educational legacy in the city.

Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has stressed that the country’s staging of the 2018 Fifa World Cup will not affected by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor, Eduardo Paes, has pledged to offer free tickets to the 2016 Olympic Games in order to attract more diverse crowds than those that attended matches at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.

English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has received a major boost in its efforts to develop a new 58,000-seat stadium after being granted government approval for a compulsory purchase order (CPO) which will allow work to commence on the site.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has confirmed he will seek re-election next year.

The Brazilian police have said that they now consider Ray Whelan to be a fugitive after they arrived to his hotel to re-arrest the chief executive of Match Services, a partner company of football’s global governing body Fifa.

Football’s global governing body Fifa has suspended Nigeria from international football due to government interference in the national organisation.

Sports media and digital marketing agency Sports Revolution has attracted new funding from minority stakeholder Steve Lansdown.

San Diego and Bermuda will battle for the right to host the 2017 America’s Cup after Chicago was eliminated from the race to stage the 35th edition of the sailing showpiece.

Gilbert Felli, executive director of the Olympic Games for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has stated that the smooth running of football’s Fifa World Cup in Brazil has improved confidence over the country’s hosting of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Ray Whelan, the chief executive of Match Services, has been arrested by Brazilian police investigating allegations of illegal ticket sales for football’s Fifa World Cup.

The prospect of Nigeria receiving a Fifa suspension has increased after the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was voted out of office.

Cape Town was ranked fourth in the 2014 Ultimate Sports Cities rankings in the category of Legacy. The city approaches legacy in a way that contributes to two main pillars of the city’s 2012-2017 Integrated Development Plan: "Opportunity City" and "Inclusive City". Both pillars incorporate several criteria for events.

Calgary was ranked fourth in the 2014 Ultimate Sports Cities rankings in the category of Legacy. The 1988 Olympic Winter Games provide the best illustration of Calgary’s commitment to lasting legacy. Following 1988, and benefiting from endowment funds left for the Games’ legacy, the Calgary Olympic Development Association, now called WinSport, has evolved into a new vision for Canadian winter sport.

Construction company Carillion has been named as the preferred bidder by Liverpool for the contract to redevelop the English Premier League club’s main stand and increase Anfield’s capacity to 54,000.

Jérôme Valcke, the secretary general of Fifa, football’s global governing body, is expecting the US to bid to host the 2026 World Cup after the 2014 edition in Brazil sparked “unprecedented” interest in the country.