Richard Welbirg

SportBusiness Group, a leading provider of data and analysis to the global sports sector, announces the inaugural SportBusiness Summit to take place in Miami, Florida, on September 18 - 19, 2018. 

The North American Soccer League has written to Concacaf members outside the US seeking support in its quest to resume operations in the United States.

The North American Soccer League’s antitrust lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer has proceeded towards the discovery phase after the defendants declined to file a motion to dismiss. 

New York Cosmos owner Rocco Commisso has offered U.S. Soccer a $500m (€408.8m) investment, if the federation makes certain changes to its running of the game.

London has been named as SportBusiness International’s Ultimate Sports City of 2018, emerging victorious over previous winners Melbourne and New York. 

The US Soccer Federation has filed a motion in New York State Court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the North American Soccer League against most of its board of directors.

Kyle Martino, one of the losing candidates in the US Soccer presidential race, has called for Fifa to require promotion-relegation in the US as a condition of hosting the 2026 World Cup.

A majority of Major League Soccer players are dissatisfied with the league’s salary structure and want to see promotion/relegation, a survey has found.

The North American Soccer League over the weekend added Major League Soccer as a defendant in its antitrust lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.

NASL club New York Cosmos will get nothing from airline Emirates – its biggest sponsor – after the 2018 league was cancelled, owner Rocco Commisso has told SportBusiness International.