The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced the Netherlands Volleyball Association (Nevobo) as the host of the first country-wide edition of the Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2015.

The International Football Development Expo has announced that the FARE Network and European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) will both be represented at the 2012 edition of the event in Amsterdam in December.

Endemol has announced details of a major restructuring that will see its sports arm folded into its main business, resulting in the departures of Endemol Sport’s co-managing directors Gregg Oldfield and Lawrence Duffy.

The Amsterdam 2012 Event has confirmed European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) CEO, Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, as a speaker for The Football Development Expo Conference.

Sports Development Marketing, which organises the International Football Development Expo 2012, has confirmed 90% of the programme a year ahead of the event.

Ajax Amsterdam’s members’ council has requested that Johan Cruyff and four other commissioners step down from their posts in a bid to end months of infighting at the legendary Eredivisie club.

Amsterdam in the Netherlands has been awarded the 23rd edition of the European Athletics Championships in 2016.

GAC Group, the Guangzhou-based car manufacturer, has signed up as the title sponsor of the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships and the sport’s World Team Cup in 2013.

China Unicom has signed up as a major sponsor of the 2011 World Table Tennis Championship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

NOS will air 27 live matches and highlights programmes during UEFA Euro 2012 after acquiring free-to-air broadcast rights to the tournament.