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The International Volleyball Federation, FIVB, is preparing to step out of the shadow of its former president Ruben Acosta. In a remarkable statement published on the FIVB website, president Jizhong Wei promises to make good...[more]

The battle for control of international Twenty20 cricket in the United States has stepped up after the International Cricket Council (ICC) surprisingly handed the US a place in the qualifiers for next year’s world...[more]

The former Tour de France winner is the latest top speaker to add his name to a total of 120 speakers in Coventry from 8-12 June. Play the Game 2009, the sixth world communications conference on sport and society, is presenting...[more]

Four countries are chasing an estimated £2.1 billion bonus from the rights to host the 2015 or 2019 rugby world cups, which could see the tournament staged in a number of football stadia.[more]

The next Olympics will set a new standard in defining the role between sport and governments says the chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), which hosts the 2012 Games in London.[more]

Six teams have entered the third Viva World Cup (VWC) to be staged in northern Italy next month for ‘national’ football sides shunned by FIFA. Padania – a team promoted by the Italian separatist political movement Lega Nord – are...[more]

The Oceania Football Confederation, one of FIFA’s smallest regional confederations, could be weakened by the exit of more members as chaos surrounds the status of Commonwealth of North Mariana Islands (CNMI).[more]

The deadline for bids for the 2015 and 2019 rugby union world cups is only days away but the International Rugby Board (IRB) demand that hosts provide an £80 million guarantee is threatening to turn the bid process into a...[more]