Governance

Basketball
Global

With Jordi Bertomeu long gone and an interim solution found to be unsuitable, Euroleague Basketball’s entire commercial roadmap for the next decade and beyond hangs in the balance.
Hockey
Global

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) wants to prioritise media rights deals with more free-to-air broadcasters in a bid to grow exposure for the sport, after the governing body recorded a second consecutive…
Golf
Global

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) are to merge commercial operations under common ownership in a shock tripartite agreement that ends all pending litigation r…
Boxing
Global

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has agreed a deal with US OTT services provider OTTera, which it claims will support its new initiatives and preparations for future major events
Football
Chile

Chile's Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) is the latest professional football league to be seeking outside investment for a stake in its media rights, it has been reported.
Squash
Global

Mark Walter, the American billionaire with ownership stakes in major international sports teams, has made a multi-million dollar investment in a squash commercial vehicle to accelerate the transformation of the PSA World Tour.
Multiple Sports
Global

Sports rights-holders often have little to no idea about the origin of the money they are accepting from private equity funds, a new 90-page SportBusiness report has found.
Football
Germany

The total revenue of German professional football has increased for the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19, with the second-tier Bundesliga 2 setting a new benchmark for the 2021-22 season, but…
Football
Global

1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has been appointed as a consultant to the two funds backing Liga Forte Futebol (LFF), one of two organisations s…
Baseball
USA

Major League Baseball's Opening Day set records on its out-of-market streaming service MLB.TV and earned a record in online merchandise sales
Football
United Kingdom

English Premier League football clubs have approved a number of changes to the league’s Owners’ and Directors’ Test (OADT), including a new disqualifying event for human rights abuses, while plans for a…
American Football
USA

The annual meeting of National Football League franchise owners continues today (Monday), with an extension of league commissioner Roger Goodell's contract and flexible scheduling for Thursday Night Football…
Football
USA

Ahead of the National Women's Soccer League's 11th season, commissioner Jessica Berman lauded a 20-per-cent increase in season ticket memberships across the league and record tickets already sold for the…
Tennis
Global

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has today (Tuesday) announced the closing of its agreement with CVC Capital Partners that will see the private equity company invest in a new commercial vehicle for t…
Football
Europe

European football’s governing body Uefa received total revenues of €4.05bn ($4.32bn) last season, according to its recently published Financial Report for 2021-22.
Tennis
Global

Private equity investment in tennis could help to pave the way for the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, International Tennis Federation (ITF) and four Grand Slams to aggregate their broadcast and betting rights, according…
Football
USA

Ahead of the National Women's Soccer League's 2023 Draft, commissioner Jessica Berman addressed the ongoing media rights discussions, expansion, salary caps, and the fallout of investigations, with each…
Tennis
Australia

Sports betting and data services firm Stats Perform has agreed a multi-year deal with Tennis Australia (TA) making it the exclusive distributor of live video streaming and ultrafast data to licensed sports…