Features

Multiple Sports
Media

A new wave of younger men and women – gileted, T-shirted and pantsuited – are now leading IMG into a future that it can only partially control.
Multiple Sports
Events

Having called time on 20 years spearheading Scotland’s event strategy, Paul Bush flags a need for increasingly “robust” business cases from hosts in a tough economic climate, while reflecting on left-field proposals that didn’t make the cut, including a shared Winter Olympics with Nordic countries.
Rugby League
Fan Engagement

Super League will enter a new era in 2025, with a 'grading' system replacing promotion and relegation. The change won't be a panacea, but RL Commercial and IMG hope it will spark life into a competition in danger of losing relevance.
Education

City: Amherst Attendance: 30,000+ students
Education

City: Chapel Hill Attendance: 34,000+ students The University of North Carolina’s Masters in Sport Administration has moved up one position to number two both in the US and globally for 2024.
Education

City: Athens Attendance: 25,000+ students
Education

City: Neuchâtel Attendance: 650+  The FIFA Master, operated by the International Centre for Sport Studies (CIES), has once again been named as the number one ranked course in Europe.
Education

City: Modena Attendance: 20,000+ students
Education

The Johan Cruyff Institute's online sports management programme has risen to become the second-ranked online program globally, improving from third place last year
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

From a 10K world premiere to RefCam and in car-entertainment, the annual curtain-raiser in Leverkusen was the German Football League’s latest chance to show off its innovative side.
Cricket
Governance

As the West Indies took to the field in Guyana today for the start of the second Test against South Africa, they did so with unbranded shirts: a microcosm of cricket’s challenges in the Caribbean.
Basketball
Governance

Euroleague Basketball and IMG are entering a crucial period of discussions with just two seasons remaining in their 10-year contract, and as the rights-holder eyes greater control over its commercial returns.
Basketball
Media

Aside from the huge financials on offer, SportBusiness delves into what this landmark rights deal means for stakeholders across the US sports industry.

Will 2024 be the year women’s sport passes the $1bn revenue mark?
Orienteering
Events

The Sprint World Orienteering Championships probably doesn't feature on your sporting calendar this weekend. But if it wasn't for last-minute deals for 3,000 free sausage rolls and a supply of kilts to help balance the budget, it might not have appeared on anyone else's.
Motorsport
Media

Extreme E’s transformation into Extreme H will turn Alejandro’s Agag’s sustainable off-road odyssey into a far more commercially-focused property, centring the interests of its Saudi backers and attracting new partners such as Red Bull to the sport.
Football
Media

Experts polled by SportBusiness say there is a growing disparity between how buyers and sellers value women's football media rights, resulting in stalemates at negotiating tables and leaving the sector at significant risk of plateau.
Basketball
Events

Unrivaled, a 30-player 3x3 short-format basketball league for professional players, is looking to reshape the offseason for athletes, offering six-figure salaries to keep the stars of the WNBA at home.