Governance

Football
Finance & Law

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
Fan Engagement

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
Governance

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
Governance

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
Attendance

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
Finance & Law

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
Finance & Law

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
Finance & Law

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
Governance

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
Data

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…
Esports
Governance

Esports organisation ESL has unveiled a revamp of its Pro League competition which will include what it states will be enhanced broadcast commitment to the world’s longest-running professional league f…
Multiple Sports
Governance

Åsa Edlund Jönsson, head of sport at Swedish public broadcaster SVT, has resigned from her position to become general secretary of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK).
Football
Governance

The National Women's Soccer League announced its 2023 scheduling framework, including the UKG Challenge Cup running concurrently with the regular season rather than as operating like before as a preseason…
Hockey
Finance & Law

Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) chief executive Tayyab Ikram has been elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), seeing off the challenge of Marc Coudron
Football
Governance

Nguyen Trung Kien, the general director at sports marketing agency Next Media, has been appointed vice-president in charge of finance and sponsorship at the Vietnam Football Federation
Football
Events

Ahead of Major League Soccer’s MLS Cup on Saturday between Los Angeles FC and the Philadelphia Union, league commissioner Don Garber said he is not pressuring Merritt Paulson to sell the Portland Timbers, a…
Athletics
Governance

European Athletics has announced a re-organisation at its Lausanne-based head office that includes the promotion of four existing staff to director roles
Skiing
Finance & Law

The centralisation of international broadcast rights to the FIS World Cup series is a question of “when, not if”, according to Johan Eliasch, the International Ski Federation (FIS) president, despite the…