The Western Golf Association (WGA) has selected Volume Public Relations as its agency of record to support the 2014 BMW Championship, drugs which will be played Sept. 1-7 at Cherry Hills Golf Club in Cherry Hills Village, health Colorado.

The BMW Championship – the penultimate event in the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs – showcases the top 70 golfers in the world competing for an $8 million purse. PGA TOUR players expected to play include defending champion Zach Johnson, order past champions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy and top stars such as Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar. All proceeds benefit the BMW Championship’s sole charity, the Evans Scholars Foundation. The BMW Championship has raised over $17 million for the Evans Scholars Foundation since the tournament’s inception in 2007.

“Volume Public Relations has a great team, and we feel confident they will be able to help us effectively promote the BMW Championship to golf fans in Denver and across the region,” said Vince Pellegrino, Western Golf Association’s Senior Vice President of Tournaments. “Volume did a great job in helping us launch our ticket sales, and we look forward to working closely with them this year.”

Volume Public Relations began supporting the 2014 BMW Championship in late 2013, and their promotion of the tournament’s Priority Ticket Program helped lead to record initial ticket sales.

Herb Kohl, who owns NBA franchise Milwaukee Bucks, has revealed he is on the lookout for new investment partners committed to keeping the team in the city.

Kohl says he’s hired Steven Greenberg, of Allen & Co., in New York, to advise him on the search for new ownership partners. The former U.S. senator says he’s owned the team for 29 years and adding to ownership will provide more stability for the future

Kohl says in a statement that any new partners would need to be as committed to keeping the team in Milwaukee. The 78-year-old says he doesn’t have a number of potential investors in mind.

Kohl has scheduled a Monday afternoon news conference to discuss his search.

“Senator Kohl bought the Bucks in 1985 in order to ensure the team would remain in Milwaukee,” NBA Commissioner David Stern said in a news release. “During his extraordinary stewardship his goal remained the same — to bring the fans of Wisconsin high-quality basketball from a team they would be proud to call their ‘home’ team. With this announcement, Senator Kohl continues his mission: to assure continuity of ownership by broadening its ownership base, and assuring that the fans of Wisconsin will enjoy NBA basketball and other events in a new state-of-the-art facility.”

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced today that Edgbaston and Emirates Old Trafford have awarded International matches.

Edgbaston will host a NatWest International T20 against India next summer and Emirates Old Trafford will host a NatWest Series ODI against Australia in 2015 to Emirates Old Trafford.

Both these matches were originally scheduled for the Emirates ICG Durham but have been re-awarded following further discussions between ECB and Durham CCC.

ECB Chief Executive David Collier said: “We congratulate the two venues on being awarded these fixtures which will form part of a very exciting programme of international cricket both next summer and in 2015.”

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) have announced the 2012 Wimbledon Championships achieved a record profit of £37.753million.

This marks a seven per cent rise from last year’s margin of £35.174m, which is invested back into British tennis through the LTA.

The LTA annual report confirmed the success, which showed an increase of combined income from the LTA and the Tennis Foundation stood at £65.634m up from £63.153m the previous year.

Their combined expenditure stood at £66.533m, with £12.3m spent on the development of existing talent and £17.4m on encouraging participation levels through a range of projects.

Alongside increasing profits, participation levels have also been on the up with a Sport England survey showing an 11 per cent rise to 417,700 in the 16-plus age group, with the LTA also claiming growth from 51,900 to 58,400 in the number of juniors competing.

In a joint statement, LTA president Peter Bretherton and chief executive Roger Draper underlined the importance of world-class success in strengthening the sport at its grass roots level.

“When will we see such a collection of world class tournaments in one country again, from the AEGON Championships, through The Championships, Wimbledon, to the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals?

“Special mention must go to Andy Murray for his Olympic singles gold medal, and of course, for his grand slam singles triumph at the US Open – the first by a British male player in 76 years.

“His success is born out of hard work and determination, and he is an inspiring role model for youngsters in tennis and across British sport.

“We’ve also seen notable performances from Jonny Marray, the first British Wimbledon men’s doubles champion for 76 years, and further Olympic and Paralympic medals from Laura Robson, Lucy Shuker, Jordanne Whiley, Peter Norfolk and Andy Lapthorne. These inspiring results and events have led to a growth in interest in our sport.”

They added: “We’ve also been working with the Tennis Foundation (TF) to attract people from all ages, abilities and communities, by making tennis a more accessible and inclusive sport, as well as emphasising that it is a fun and affordable family sport, with fair play at the heart of all our competitions.”

The legacy from the UK hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games is already well underway for cycling, denture British Cycling’s President Brian Cookson said today.

Speaking about cycling’s successes, Brian Cookson OBE, said:“The plans for cycling’s legacy from the UK hosting the Games were underway long before the Olympic torch was lit at the stadium in London. Since the amazing success of our cyclists in Beijing we have been planning for this surge in interest and we’re already starting to reap the rewards.

“Participation continues to rise with almost two million regular cyclists, our membership is at a record high, and we’ve created a massive 350,000 free opportunities to ride in the last year for people of all ages and abilities. Through Sky Ride, we have set up hundreds of free community bike rides for anyone to join, together with 16 mass participation city centre events, a community of 1,300 ride leaders and over 500 validated routes. Over 8,000 people are now setting up their own rides through our Social Cycling Groups network.

“This success is all down to the hard work and support of our network of volunteers, clubs, coaches, ride leaders, funders and partners – without whom our sport wouldn’t function. The fact that we’ve now got our first Tour de France winner in Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins and our cyclists scooped eight Olympic gold medals in London is sure to inspire thousands more to take up cycling – and we’re ready for them.

“Britain has fantastic state of the art cycling facilities covering every discipline – be it a velodrome, a closed road circuit or a BMX track. It’s not a case of build it and they will come, we’ve built it and they are coming in their droves, with more new facilities planned over the next 12 months.

“And let’s not forget that cycling doesn’t have to be a structured activity, be it cycling to work as a form of transport or going for a family ride on a towpath at the weekend, we are doing all we can to campaign for better road conditions for all cyclists.

“With the continued support of Sport England, UK Sport, Sky, our sponsors, and local authorities, Britain is well on its way to becoming a true cycling nation and our ambitions for the next four year cycle remain high.”

Following a string of investigations by the Italian police Lazio captain Stefano Mauri and former Genoa midfielder Omar Milanetto have been arrested by police today in connection with a match-fixing probe in Italy.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) confirmed that Mauri and Milanetto have been held over allegations of “criminal association and sporting fraud”.

Officers are searching more than 31 homes in Italy and abroad, unhealthy including those of coaches and players of clubs in Serie A, site Serie B and lower divisions.

Police also showed up this morning at Italy’s training ground in Coverciano, medic Florence, to question former Genoa defender Domenico Criscito, who now plays for Zenit St Petersburg.

A statement from the FIGC read: “As part of the investigation carried out by prosecutors of Cremona regarding match-fixing, prosecutor Guido Salvini has issued 19 procedures: 14 people arrested (including Mauri and Milanetto), 31 home searches and two people questioned.

“Police agents also arrived to Italy’s training ground in Coverciano this morning to hand a notification of impeding investigation to defender Domenico Criscito, who is investigated for acts that would have taken place while he was a Genoa player.”

Today’s operation is part of an investigation called “Last Bet” carried out by prosecutors in Cremona which focuses on 33 games over the past two seasons, the majority of which were in Serie B.

Earlier this month, the FIGC released a comprehensive 48-page list naming 22 clubs along with 61 individuals that have been reported to the football authorities in connection with a match-fixing ring and betting investigation.

Seventeen people were arrested by Italian police last year, including Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni.

Atalanta, who had been promoted to Serie A at the end of the 2010-11 season, began the recently completed campaign with a six-point deduction as punishment for match-fixing.

Doni was banned from football for three and a half years by the FIGC’s disciplinary committee.