Events

Multiple Sports
Global

Sports and entertainment conglomerate Endeavor has positioned OpenBet and its wider betting operations as key revenue drivers for the group in 2024, but insists IMG Arena will remain "number three" in…
Multi-sport
USA

The International Olympic Committee is set for a significant rise in the value of its media rights in the Indian subcontinent, after cricket was recommended to be part of the 2028 edition in Los Angeles
Basketball
Spain

Skweek, the basketball streaming platform owned by Monaco-based Fedcom Media, has launched in Spain but with a focus on ticketing and hospitality, in the absence of holding premium sports rights
Multiple Sports
Global

Endeavor has lost an appeal lodged in a Californian court against HDI Global Insurance over “commercial property” losses related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Table Tennis
Sweden

A new global table tennis event featuring some of the sport's leading male and female players, and based loosely on golf's Ryder Cup, is to debut later this year
Rugby Union
New Zealand

A review of the governance of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has warned that the Super Rugby competition must be overhauled in order to become a viable commercial proposition
Mixed Martial Arts
Saudi Arabia

SRJ Sports Investments, the new vehicle created by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), has made its first move, a $100m (€92m) investment into US-based mixed martial arts promotion the Professional Fig…
Multiple Sports
Global

Continued strong results at the Ultimate Fighting Championship, betting growth and recent broadcast production contract wins at IMG helped Endeavor to post a 9.5-per-cent increase in quarterly revenues
Tennis
Global

David Haggerty, president of the International Tennis Federation, has hailed the "robust" finances and "strong commercial" future of the governing body, two months ahead of an election where he faces a serious challenge.
Mixed Martial Arts
Asia

The UFC's senior vice president in Asia, Kevin Chang, needs more local talent to fuel commercial growth in Asia. That's why his promotion is doing the job itself.
Cricket
United Kingdom

The Hundred has a “long and successful future” ahead, the chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has insisted, despite reports suggesting the controversial competition could be scrapped.
Wrestling
India

Nick Khan, chief executive of WWE, has revealed that the wrestling organisation will be staging an event in India in September, and suggested that its flagship SmackDown programme could move from its current…
Esports
Europe

Esports entertainment company Blast has agreed a deal with Cineworld to show the finale of the Paris Major 2023 live across 39 cinemas in eight different countries
Multi-sport
Germany

OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN has agreed a deal to showcase Berlin’s 2023 Special Olympics World Games through highlights presented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Chess
Global

The Global Chess League (GCL) has appointed the Protocol Sports Marketing agency as its exclusive media rights distributor as it prepares to launch next month.
Multiple Sports
Global

Endeavor, owner of the IMG and WME agencies, is to pay a quarterly dividend for the first time, beginning later this year, following a strong start to 2023 for the sports and entertainment giant
Professional Wrestling
USA

World Wrestling Entertainment will turn its attentions to securing improved media rights deals in India and the UK once it has concluded its ongoing domestic sales process, chief executive Nick Khan has…
Football
USA

Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin has opened the door to the possibility of hosting the Uefa Champions League final in the United States in the future