London Mayor Boris Johnson said he is "dead keen" for the London to finally host WWE's "flagship event," WrestleMania. Talk has been "growing for years that England's capital will try and host" the event, and Johnson further "stoked the fires" Monday in a Twitter Q&A in which he also revealed that his grandfather was "briefly a fairground wrestler" (London INDEPENDENT, 3/14).
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Danish city Odense will host this year's Archery World Cup Final. The season-ending event will be held on Sept. 24 and 25 at King's Garden. It will be the second time Denmark has hosted the tournament, after Copenhagen staged it in Nyhavn in '09 (INSIDE THE GAMES, 3/14).
FIBA's Central Board announced that the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships for men and women will take place in Zaragoza, Spain and also revealed the hosts of the 2017 FIBA U19 World Championships. Cairo will be the backdrop of next year's FIBA U19 World Championship, the first ever FIBA world youth men's event staged in Africa. Meanwhile, the Italian cities of Udine and Cividale Del Friuli will host the FIBA U19 Women's World Championship (FIBA).
The Int'l e-Sports Federation concluded an all-round strategic cooperation agreement with the World Cyber Arena, an event organized by Yinchuan Int'l Game Investment Co., Ltd. Under this agreement, the two sides will provide specialized training focusing on all the links of the e-sports industry chain, including referees, commentary, program production, coaches, teams and competition management (Int'l e-Sports Federation).
