Formula E organizers on Tuesday unveiled the circuit layout for the Berlin ePrix on May 23. The race will be sponsored by logistics company DHL. The 17-turn, 2.47km circuit will be built within the “Apron” section of the Tempelhof Airport, located in the city-center. Designed by Rodrigo Nunes, it is the setting of the eighth race of Formula E’s inaugural season (Formula E). … World Rugby said on Tuesday that Vancouver will become the 10th stop on the World Sevens series in ’15-16 as teams finalize their preparations for next year's Olympics. The Vancouver tournament will expand the series to 10 tournaments, “though the world governing body is expected to announce a rejigging of the venues next month” after it asked last year for expressions of interest to host a tournament. Singapore is “widely expected to also be a new stop on the circuit, probably at the expense of Tokyo” (REUTERS, 2/24). ... Twenty-seven years after its last appearance, a "resurgent" New Zealand has "lobbied for a return to one of the game's most revered stages" -- the Boxing Day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground -- but despite the renewed rivalry generated between the World Cup co-hosts it "will miss out on the sought-after booking again for at least the next eight years." The Kiwis "are desperate for another chance to appear on the showpiece occasion but with the soon-to-be-announced Future Tours Program from 2015 to 2023 all but finalised they are set to be overlooked again." New Zealand Cricket CEO David White:
"I think every New Zealand cricketer dreams of playing in the Boxing Day test match. We haven't played in it for many, many years and I'm not sure that's going to happen in the near future -- it's not going to happen this year. But it's something that we're pushing and something that our cricketers would dream of playing" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 2/24). ... Indonesia "is scheduled to hold an international amateur boxing championship" called President Cup from April 19-25 in the capital of South Sumatra province, Palembang.
About 126 boxers from 24 countries and regions "have confirmed their attendance" (XINHUA, 2/24). ... Australian Football League side Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron thinks the AFL should make the Giants' Anzac Day game and preseason clash with the Sydney Swans "permanent fixtures to help grow the game in the nation's capital." The Giants are entering the fourth year of their A$23M ($18M), 10-year deal with the ACT government to play four games at Manuka every season and Cameron thinks it is a "no-brainer to make bring the Swans to Canberra every year" (CANBERRA TIMES, 2/24).
UFC ANNOUNCES BOUT IN MEXICO: UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will "return from a 19-month layoff" against interim champion Fabricio Werdum on June 13 in Mexico City. UFC officials announced the title bout Monday. It will headline a UFC 188 pay-per-view event inside Mexico City Arena. It will be the second UFC fight ever in Mexico (ESPN, 2/23).
