Sport’s share of leisure time grows 22 per cent in a decade, says Two Circles report
People are spending 22 per cent more of their leisure time watching sport than they were a decade ago, according to research from international sports marketing agency Two Circles
AS Roma partners with missing children charities to use “social media for social good”
Italian football team AS Roma has announced that it has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States and Telefono Azzurro in Italy as part of a drive to use…
IOC officially suspends Aiba’s Olympic recognition
The International Olympic Committee yesterday (Wednesday) officially stripped the International Boxing Association (Aiba) of its Olympic status, confirming that a boxing tournament will go ahead in Tokyo…
Fiba partners with LA Times to take 3×3 World Tour Final to Los Angeles on four-year deal
Basketball’s global governing body Fiba has announced a partnership with the Los Angeles Times media group to host the 3x3 World Tour Final to the city of Los Angeles for the four-year period from 2020 t…
Real Madrid officially announces plans for women’s team from 2020
Real Madrid has confirmed that it will launch a professional women’s football team from the start of the 2020-21 season after acquiring local side Club Déportivo Tacón.
“People have to perceive the value of the Olympics beyond just the Games” | Matt Carroll, Australian Olympic Committee
Matt Carroll, chief executive of the Australian Olympic Committee, tells Adam Nelson how a focus on athlete engagement, grassroots participation and community schemes has helped to boost the AOC’s commercial programme throughout the Olympic cycle.
Real Madrid reportedly launching women’s team from start of next season
Spanish football giant Real Madrid is planning to launch a women’s team to play in LaLiga Femenina Iberdrola, the top flight of women’s football in the country, from the start of next season, according to …
Fifa steps in at crisis-stricken CAF, with Samoura set to take over
Fifa has confirmed that it will take the unprecedented move of parachuting its leading executive, secretary general Fatma Samoura, into the Confederation of African Football to temporarily run the crisis-stricken…
India free to bid for international events after government gives written visa assurances to IOC
The Indian government has given written assurances to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) that it will grant travel visas to all athletes who qualify to compete…
Australian Open grows attendances and revenues by 50 per cent after embracing “choice and entertainment” mantra
Richard Heaselgrave, Tennis Australia's chief revenue officer, tells Adam Nelson how pivoting the first grand slam of the tennis season away from tennis has helped the event to grow dramatically over the past five years.