Americas
Premier League to stage first pre-season tournament in US
The Premier League has announced that it will stage its first pre-season friendly tournament in the United States this summer
WNBA expands charter flights ahead of new season
The Women's National Basketball Association is to expand its charter flights program for the 2023 season to include all postseason games, the WNBA Commissioner's Cup Championship Game, and select regular…
NBA sets all-time attendance record for 2022-23 regular season
The National Basketball Association has announced that more than 22 million fans attended games in the 2022-23 regular season, with an average attendance per game exceeding 18,000 fans for the first time
San Jose Sharks extend with arena sponsor SAP
The San Jose Sharks NHL franchise has renewed its sponsorship deal with German multinational software company SAP, which holds naming rights to the team’s home arena, SAP Center.
Under Armour extends US speedskating, bobsled, skeleton deals
US Speedskating and USA Bobsled/Skeleton have announced multi-year extensions with their long-standing apparel partner Under Armour
MLB renews Dairy Queen sponsorship
Major League Baseball has renewed its sponsorship deal with restaurant and ice cream shop chain Dairy Queen in a deal that makes MLB stars Ozzie Albies, Kris Bryant, Byron Buxton, and Freddie Freeman part…
Chicago Cubs become first MLB club with CBD sponsor
Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs have announced a first-ever official cannabidiol (CBD) partner for an MLB club, partnering with Chicago-based wellness and recovery company Mynd Drinks
Sportradar, Big Ten sign two-year OTT streaming extension
Sportradar has agreed a renewal through the 2024-25 college athletics season with the Big Ten Network to run its streaming service, B1G+
Ferrari adds energy drink Celsius as latest sponsor
Energy drink Celsius, the beverage arm of global packaged foods company Celsius Holdings, has agreed a sponsorship deal with Scuderia Ferrari to become the exclusive energy sponsor for all 2023 US Formula…
CBF seeking greater cut from Brazilian sports betting revenue
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has called on the Ministry of Finance to make changes to the law that will regulate the domestic sports betting sector in order to increase its share of revenue
Williams hires UFC’s Asencio as chief revenue officer
Formula 1 team Williams Racing has hired Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) executive Paul Asencio to lead its commercial and marketing operations as chief revenue officer
RTIC Outdoors becomes NASCAR sponsor in multi-year deal
RTIC Outdoors has become the official cooler and the official drinkware of NASCAR in a 'multi-year' agreement
NASCAR team owners boycott meeting in row over new funding model
NASCAR team owners boycotted a meeting with series leadership on Wednesday (yesterday), pointing to their frustration over slow negotiations toward a new business model
Whitla named first CMO of Religion of Sports
Production company Religion of Sports, which is co-founded by Gotham Chopra, Tom Brady, and Michael Strahan, has announced former head of brand and creative Grubhub executive Ben Whitla as its first chief…
MLB announces film deal with Imagine Entertainment
Major League Baseball has announced a new multi-year partnership with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment to create scripted and non-scripted film and television projects
Oklahoma City Thunder extend Love’s jersey patch sponsorship
The Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association has announced a multi-year extension of its deal with Love's Travel Stops that will keep the brand's logo on the Thunder's jersey
Peru loses another event as Lima ‘withdraws’ as World Athletics U20s host
Peru has lost its latest sporting event, with World Athletics announcing that Lima has withdrawn as host city of its 2024 U20 Championships citing “circumstances beyond its control”.
American Family Insurance sponsors three more MLS clubs
American Family Insurance has announced multi-year deals with the Colorado Rapids, Seattle Sounders and St. Louis City SC of Major League Soccer, adding to the company's current deal with Atlanta United