Panel created by sporting organisation’s spies in the States (6)
I believe the answer is:
fascia
'panel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'sporting organisation's spies in the states' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'spies' could be 'cia' (Central Intelligence Agency) and 'cia' is present in the answer.
'sporting organisation's' could be 'fas' (Football Association) and 'fas' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'created by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fascia that I've seen before include "Long flat vertical surface of wood or stone" , "Flat surface (archit.)" , "Shopfront signboard" , "board above shop window" , "Shop sign" .)