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The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) has cancelled its forthcoming convention and trade show, which was set to take place in San Diego ... More

A national five-a-side football festival aims to use this summer's UEFA Euro 2020 tournament as a catalyst to get people from all backgrounds more physically ... More

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed the makeup of its two Future Host Commissions, which are set to play a pivotal role in the ... More

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has received official submissions from two bid teams for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The arrival of the two candidature ... More

Canadian city Calgary's hopes to host the 2026 Winter Olympics Games are all but over, after a public vote saw the city's residents reject the ... More

The troubled bidding process for the 2026 could become a two-horse race, after a newly-elected Stockholm City Government said no taxpayer money should be "wasted" ... More

Belfast has been stripped of its right to host the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games, after the required funding for the event was not released by ... More

Designs for The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Village, released this week, show that the Games will leave behind both a sporting and a housing legacy. ... More

Matt Hancock has been appointed secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport in Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle. Hancock takes over from Karen Bradley, ... More

Birmingham has officially been named the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, beating competition from Kuala Lumpur, Victoria (Canada) and Australia. Speaking at a ... More

Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games tomorrow (21 December). Multiple reports state a deal between the ... More

The committee hoping to bring the Olympic Games to Los Angeles in 2024 has released new renderings of Valley Sports Park – the district that ... More

Liverpool City Council will plough half a million pounds into its bid to bring the Commonwealth Games to the city, and has appointed former Football ... More

The South African city of Durban will not be hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games after being stripped of the honour by the world governing body. ... More

The home stadium of US National Basketball Association NBA) franchise the Cleveland Cavaliers is being lined up to be transformed by SHoP Architects at a ... More

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) will consider human and child rights before deciding on host cities and infrastructure plans after partnering with Unicef. For the ... More

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has taken steps to rebrand 10 sports it oversees as an international federation to distinguish them from Paralympic competition. Sports ... More

A major leisure project has been honoured in the Stellar Design category at the American Institute of Architecture’s (AIA) annual celebration of innovation in architecture. ... More

Guests will be able to purchase the furnishings and artwork found in the custom-designed hotels being launched by international furniture retailer West Elm. The company ... More

The appointment of Fatma Samoura as secretary general of FIFA will create more opportunities for social responsibility football projects, according to the co-founder of Street ... More

Technogym, the official fitness equipment supplier to the Olympic Games, will donate 600 pieces of gym equipment to sports centres across the host city following ... More

With Rio 2016 in full swing following the opening ceremony and the first batch of events, it’s easy to get caught up in it all. ... More

Liverpool will launch an assessment of its infrastructure – including all its sporting facilities – as the city’s bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games ... More

All four candidates bidding to host the 2024 Olympics have made it through to the second round of the bid process following an International Olympic ... More

The Japanese city of Sapporo is lining up a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games – although it may cost as much as ¥456.5bn ... More