ITU is pleased to announce it has renewed the contract with the NTT Group to become a global partner of both ITU and the ITU World Triathlon Series from 2018 until 2020. NTT, who joined the ITU family as a global partner in 2016, will continue to serve as ITU’s exclusive communications and systems integration partner. As part of their strategy leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, NTT also will acquire rights at various triathlon events in Japan, Asia and worldwide.

“It has been a real pleasure working with a company like NTT for the last few years, and I’m convinced that keeping this relationship moving forward will be excellent for both organisations,” said ITU President and IOC Member Marisol Casado.

Williams has announced that Doug McKiernan has today joined the Formula One technical team as Chief Engineer. In this new project-focused position, Doug will report to Chief Technical Officer, Paddy Lowe and will work alongside his colleagues in the senior technical team at Williams.

Doug began his Formula One career at McLaren in 1999 as an Aerodynamic Analyst. Over his time at McLaren he progressed to Chief Aerodynamicist, Head of Aerodynamics and finally Chief Engineer, before stepping down in 2015.

U.S. Soccer's membership elected Carlos Cordeiro as U.S. Soccer's 32nd President during the National Council Meeting at the Federation's Annual General Meeting (AGM) this morning at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld. Cordeiro, who won on the third ballot, replaces outgoing President Sunil Gulati and will serve a four-year term.

"Thank you to those of you who have supported me today," Cordeiro said from the podium. "This is incredibly humbling. I want to thank all the candidates for a stirring campaign. I'd like to thank Sunil and our board for their tireless service. To those of you who didn't vote for me, I'm going to work to earn your support and trust over the next four years. I promise I will work for all of you to bring us together as one soccer community. Thank you very much."

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been appointed to the ICC Board as the organization’s first independent female director. Mrs. Nooyi will join the Board in June 2018 to align with the term of the ICC Independent Chairman, following the unanimous confirmation of her appointment at today’s meeting.

The introduction of an Independent Director, who must be female, was approved by the ICC Full Council in June 2017 as part of wide ranging constitutional change aimed at improving the global governance of the sport.