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Europe’s sports chief calls for the Olympics to return to the EU — but that aspiration could clash with a bid from London.

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting hands key ministries to CDU veterans and business figures, setting the tone for a more conservative, security-focused government.

How Vladimir Putin uses the iconic strategy game to his advantage.

Sanctioned tycoon Alisher Usmanov parries Western efforts to oust him from shadow leadership role in world fencing.

Topflight football clubs have been aggressively lobbying to get a new regulator watered down — as ministers insist it will be “light touch.”

Russian “athletes and officials are part of the state propaganda machine,” Kyiv warns new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry.

Governing body chief says Turnberry is a “challenging” venue — and implied Trump’s position as U.S. president might overshadow any tournament.

“We expect that in the era of the new leader … Russia will return to the Olympic podium,” Moscow’s sports chief said.

As International Olympic Committee president, she will be the most powerful sporting official on earth — and is set for regular encounters with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The former mixed martial arts champ — recently found civilly liable in Ireland for raping a Dublin woman — brings his anti-immigration message to the White House.

“Tension is a good thing. … It makes it much more exciting,” the U.S. president says.

Rubiales was fined €10,800, but the court gave him no jail time.

Hostility brews after American president lashes Canadian goods with heavy tariffs.

MEPs had criticized the world football governing body for awarding the 2034 tournament to the Gulf petromonarchy.

“In that hotel in Melbourne I was fed with some food that poisoned me,” Serbian champ says about his infamous Covid detention.

From minister of the year to WTF moment, Westminster’s essential newsletter picks the winners of 2024.

Members of the European Parliament say they have “grave concerns” about the 2034 tournament.

Former striker Mikheil Kavelashvili is an outspoken critic of the West.

In the seat of U.S. power, soccer has become a lubricant for all-important networking.

U.S. president-elect’s son adds it was “nasty” for Scottish First Minister John Swinney to endorse Democrat Kamala Harris before the election.

U.S. president-elect inspires copycats in the NFL and UFC.

The Netherlands’ new four-party coalition faces first unity test after locals attacked Israeli football fans.

Joshua Kimmich says German team’s 2022 protest of the ban on pro-LGBTQ+ armbands in Qatar remains a “sour” memory.

Our team of policy reporters dissect what you need to know about Brussels’ biggest event of the year.