The Sustainable Financing of Grassroots Sport – Hosted by the European Lotteries
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View ArticlePutin seeks way out doping scandal
President Vladimir Putin said yesterday (11 November) that Russia needed to conduct its own investigation into allegations its athletes had systematically taken performance-enhancing substances.
View ArticleScientists prepare for potential Zika virus outbreak in Southern Europe
Researchers from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) are developing tools to monitor the Zika virus, as it is highly likely that it will reach Southern...
View ArticleFootball: Brexit risk puts Premier League on defensive
The possibility of Britain voting to leave the European Union in its 23 June referendum leaves the lucrative and globally popular English Premier League facing an uncertain future.
View ArticlePlanned racetrack in Wales scuppered by EU state aid law
The future of a proposed motorsport venue in South Wales has been called into question after the Welsh government concluded that it would be unable to underwrite the site’s construction costs.
View ArticleEscalating strikes in France put Euro 2016 at risk
Striking rail workers halted about half of French train services on Wednesday (1 June) in a dispute over working time as a standoff between the militant CGT union and the Socialist government over a...
View ArticleFrench rail strike weakens but pilots call walkout during Euro championship
French rail travellers faced more misery today (3 June) as strikes cut train services by half but a militant union's bid to widen protests against planned labour reforms to air traffic control and the...
View ArticleState aid for Spanish football clubs was ‘illegal’, Vestager says
Some of Spain's top football teams - including Real Madrid and FC Barcelona - will have to pay back illegal public aid worth up to €70 million as it represented “an unfair advantage” versus other...
View ArticleRussian athletes face ban from Rio Olympics
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) yesterday (18 July) recommended that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee should consider banning all athletes entered by...
View ArticleKerry says US and Russia plan ‘concrete’ Syria steps
US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday (19 July) the United States and Russia have planned "concrete steps" for the direction they will take in Syria.
View ArticleRussian Olympic ban upheld, Moscow denounces ‘crime against sport’
Sport's highest tribunal rejected Russia's appeal on Thursday (21 July) against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days, drawing swift and angry...
View ArticleGerman-Iranian gunman kills at least nine in Munich shopping mall
An 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman who apparently acted alone opened fire in a busy shopping mall in Munich on Friday (22 July) evening, killing at least nine people in the third attack against...
View ArticleMedia, sports companies rattled by planned EU copyright shake-up
The media and sports industries are preparing to lock horns with the European Commission over its plans to shake up copyright law to make more films, sports and TV shows available online throughout the...
View ArticleNationalism, technology, and the Olympics
The Olympic Games have turned into a competition between nations, rather than individuals, writes George Friedman.
View ArticleRio Olympics confirm Britain as sport superpower
Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, the UK has risen from the ashes to become a sporting "superpower" typified by the exploits of cycling lovebirds Jason Kenny and Laura Trott.
View ArticleJaguar to enter world of electric motorsport
Jaguar has announced that it will contest the next season of Formula E, as the race to develop more efficient and affordable electric cars gears up.
View ArticleLatvian minister to miss Bratislava meeting – to play chess
Buoyed by her defeat of the best woman player in the world, Latvia's finance minister is to skip a top EU meeting this week to pursue her passion for chess, her spokesman said Wednesday (8 September.)
View ArticleRussian hackers expose ‘double standards’ in world anti-doping agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed yesterday (13 September) that hackers accessed a database of confidential medical data and released the drug regimens of gymnast Simone Biles and three...
View ArticleKenya’s betting craze leaves trail of destruction
Betting companies are experiencing unprecedented success in Kenya, but the lure of an easy buck has led to addiction, depression and even suicides in the East African country. EurActiv Germany reports.
View ArticleEU scheme set to combine studies and sport, compete with US
A new project aimed at university athletes is due to be launched next year, in an attempt to make Europe more attractive to students and breathe fresh air into public confidence in the European...
View ArticleFootball sticker giant Panini did not defy competition law, EU court rules
Europe’s top court has ruled that Italian company Panini did not breach competition rules or violate the terms of the single market in its sales of football stickers. EurActiv’s partner Italia Oggi...
View ArticleBrussels refutes claims that it will make UK sport teams wear EU flag
The EU this weekend scolded the British tabloid press for claiming it is demanding that its flag be flown at sporting events and displayed on team shirts.
View ArticleUdo Bullmann on Trump, social justice and football
In our Over A Beer video series this month, Euractiv’s Brian Maguire chats with German MEP Udo Bullmann, vice-president of the Socialists and Democrats political group in the European Parliament.
View ArticleEURACTIV Metamorphosis: The story behind EURACTIV’s rebranding
As you discover our rebranded euractiv.com website today, we wanted to walk you through the changes that have been taking place at EURACTIV over the last 6 or so months.
View ArticleEU court asked to decide if card game is actual ‘sport’
The European Court of Justice has been asked to rule if the card game bridge is actually a sport, for the purposes of the EU’s VAT Directive.
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