The way is now clear for Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore to be promoted to executive chairman following the removal of one potential source of embarrassment . His former temporary personal assistant Rani Abraham made a claim last June of sex discrimination and harassment after she caused a furore by leaking a sexist email exchange between Scudamore and TV rights lawyer Nick West . But Abraham , 41 , now wants to move on , according to a friend , and a planned employment tribunal case will not go ahead . Scudamore is expected to have his elevation rubber-stamped at the Premier League summit a week on Thursday , especially as the clubs are flush with the proceeds of the £5billion domestic TV rights deal orchestrated by Scudamore and have more billions to come from the overseas market . The appointment of an executive chairman will need a statute change and to ensure there is some counterbalance to Scudamore getting everything his own way , it ’ s likely the Premier League will also appoint two new independent directors . Richard Scudamore is set to be promoted to Premier League 's executive chairman . Brian Cookson , president of world cycling ’ s UCI , is taking the lead in testing men and women competing in the same race after IOC president Thomas Bach promoted the idea for future Olympic Games . The UCI are putting on a trial involving British Under 23 riders at their Aigle HQ in Switzerland on Friday , when they will experiment with sprints and other races . Data from sports scientists show men are 10 to 15 per cent stronger and fitter than women cyclists . Thomas Bach has promoted the idea of men and women competing together in future Olympics . World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper feels no need to apologise for his pro-England tweet that upset sensitive fans of pool rivals Wales . After seeing Eoin Morgan ’ s cricketers fail to get out of their World Cup group , the 55-year-old Aussie posted : ‘ England fail to exit pool in World Cup ... Not the words we want to hear during # RWC2015. ’ Speaking at the Sport Industry Breakfast on Tuesday , Gosper said every event organiser wants the host nation to do well , but is confident of England hosting the most successful ever global rugby tournament whatever the fate of Stuart Lancaster ’ s team . World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper sparked controversy for his comments about England qualifying . Drawing pools for the Rugby World Cup three years before the kick-off led to the farce of Wales , who had briefly slipped out of the world ’ s top eight , being in the same group as England and Australia when the three are currently ranked fourth , fifth and sixth . That is going to change for Japan 2019 , with the draw moving back by at least a year . World Rugby chief Brett Gosper would also like bidding contracts for the 2023 World Cup to forbid the online secondary sale of tickets . ITV get a 2015 drive on . Land Rover , whose serious upset over the way England rugby players behaved on an infamous sponsors day during the 2011 World Cup resulted in them not renewing their RFU official vehicle sponsorship , are nevertheless still sufficiently engaged with the sport to be backing ITV ’ s coverage of this year ’ s tournament . Seven players involved in driving Land Rovers that day are either still in or on the fringes of Stuart Lancaster ’ s squad . One player wrote in the leaked RFU World Cup report : ‘ It was four hours of being stuck in a car driving slowly to satisfy following TV cameras — there were even TV cameras filming from helicopters . There was no fishing , no surfing , no BBQ and more importantly no R and R. ’ Another player added : ‘ We were told we weren ’ t allowed to do any commercial stuff during the World Cup but here they ( Land Rover ) were exploiting us on our day off to promote their brand. ’ Land Rover will be sponsoring ITV 's coverage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup later this year . Land Rover did not renew their deal with the RFU in the wake of England 's 2011 World Cup campaign . The speedy turnover in the international cricket calendar that sees England ’ s Test squad named on Wednesday after Tuesday ’ s debrief of the World Cup shambles is very fortunate for head coach Peter Moores and managing director Paul Downton . It allows them to move quickly on to the West Indies tour when a more lengthy analysis of England ’ s dismal failure to get out of their group at the World Cup after six months of uninterrupted one-day cricket would surely have resulted in both men being axed . England coach Peter Moores will switch attention back to the longer form with a Test team announcement .
Richard Scudamore to be promoted to Premier League executive chairman . UCI to test the idea of men competing alongside women . Brett Gosper feels no need to apologise for pro-England tweet . Land Rover to sponsor ITV 's coverage of the Rugby World Cup . England Test team to be announced on that day after World Cup exit .