Discovery, the US media giant that owns Eurosport, has signed off its multi-year swoop for rights to golf's European Tour across the continent, excluding the UK and Germany, bolstering its landmark deal for the US PGA Tour rights.

Sky, the European pay-TV broadcaster, is to end its sponsorship and ownership of the Team Sky cycling outfit at the end of next year, after a highly successful 10-year spell in which it won six Tour de France titles and transformed the image of the sport in the UK, albeit the team also became embroiled in damaging doping allegations.

European Athletics and USA Track & Field, the governing bodies for track and field in their respective territories, have agreed to stage a 'Ryder Cup-style' match in September next year in Minsk, two months after the Belarus capital will also have staged the multi-sports European Games including a team athletics competition.

World Rugby, rugby union’s world governing body, has announced the appointment of EY, the professional services company, as professional services supplier of next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Spring Media, the Stockholm-based sports media and marketing agency, has purchased a majority shareholding in StayLive, a Swedish company that has developed and delivers live streaming services in the Nordic market.

Major League Baseball is closing in on a rights deal in the UK with public-service broadcaster the BBC to ensure free-to-air coverage of its first regular season games to be played in London in 2019, Sportcal has learned.

Barclays, the UK-based multinational bank, will remain a sponsor of the Premier League until at least 2022 following the renewal of its partnership.

Stakeholders of the new multi-sports European Championships were holding the latest in a series of meetings today in a bid to resolve differences over the future of the championships in the wake of this summer’s inaugural edition in Berlin and Glasgow, which was generally judged a success.

Golf’s DP World Tour Championship, the Dubai-based climax to the European Tour season, celebrates its 10th anniversary this week with the durability of the lucrative event demonstrating the globalisation of the circuit, and providing a contrast with some more traditional events on the home continent, which struggle to attract sponsors and top fields.

Calgary's bid to stage the 2026 winter Olympic Games appears to be over after voters in the Canadian city opposed the campaign in a referendum, the recent scourge of the International Olympic Committee,