Malaysian trio pick up Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 rights
Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro, telco Telekom Malaysia (TM) and state broadcaster RTM have acquired the broadcast rights to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a joint deal that is also understood to…
WTT opens bidding process to host 2022 Series events
World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has opened the bidding process to host the top-tier events of the 2022 WTT Series
Paris 2024 ‘on track’ to hit two-thirds of €1.1bn sponsorship target by year end
The Paris 2024 organising committee says it is “on track” to hit two-thirds of its €1.1bn ($1.3bn) sponsorship target by the end of 2021, despite the ongoing difficulty of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Former Emirates sponsorship head Duthie joins Performance54 in trio of senior hires
Roger Duthie, former global head of sponsorship at airline Emirates, has been named chief sponsorship officer at sports marketing and consultancy group Performance54
Euroleague Basketball launches Final Four NFT
Euroleague Basketball is launching its first non-fungible token (NFT) collection to celebrate its end-of-season showpiece, the 2021 EuroLeague Final Four
Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers transferred from China to UAE
The United Arab Emirates will take over hosting responsibilities from China for the remaining Group A Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 Asian Qualifiers, the Asian Football Confederation has confirmed
State of Origin opener moved to Queensland amid Covid outbreak in Victoria
Australia's National Rugby League has relocated the 2021 Stage of Origin opener to Townsville, Queensland, due to an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in the state of Victoria
China plans to build 18 ‘football cities’ in less than five years
China is hoping to establish up to 18 “key cities” focused on football by 2025 as it bids to become a sporting powerhouse by 2035.
2022 World Rowing Indoor Championships set to be hybrid event
The 2022 World Rowing Indoor Championships will be staged as a hybrid event, giving athletes a choice to compete either in person or virtually from across the globe
DoJ accepts $80m Julius Baer settlement in Fifa corruption case
Swiss banking group Julius Baer has agreed to pay $79.7m (€65.4