England

Snooker
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK bookmaker Betfred has agreed a one-year extension to its title sponsorship of the World Snooker Championship
Events

The organising committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has decided to move away from a single-site athletes’ village for the multi-sport event, with three campus villages to be set up i…
Cricket
Esports

The mass participation element of the London Marathon has been cancelled due to Covid-19, but the elite race will take place - BBC
Cricket
Events

Next year's Tokyo Olympics will take place even if the Covid-19 pandemic is still underway, said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Games' organising committee
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

England Rugby has agreed a six-year extension to its deal with Britvic Soft Drinks, which will continue as the organisation’s official soft drink partner until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Basketball
Events

Organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have revealed that 3x3 basketball and beach volleyball competitions will be played at bespoke arenas developed on the city’s Smithfield site.
Football
Finance & Law

London-headquartered private equity company Bridgepoint, a major shareholder in MotoGP commercial rights-holder Dorna Sports, has approached the English Football Association (FA) about investing in the…
Rugby League
Events

The Super League, the top division of rugby league in England, has confirmed its fixture schedule for the resumption of the 2020 season, with triple-headers planned at Leeds’ Headingley Stadium and St H…
Football
Governance

The majority of clubs in the English Women’s Super League are against a potential takeover by the men’s Premier League, it has been reported.
Football
Finance & Law

Uefa has said it remains committed to its Financial Fair Play (FFP) system after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today (Monday) overturned Manchester City’s ban from the Champions League and r…
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has spelled out plans to cut a quarter of its workforce, adding that it expects it will take up to five years to recover from the financial impact of Covid-19
Events

UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced agreements have been brokered that will allow select international sporting events to take place in England amid Covid-19, stating the “British summer o…
Rugby League
Media

RLWC2021, the organising committee of the next edition of the Rugby League World Cup in England, has struck an agreement with International Rugby League which will see the two parties work together on…
Football
Finance & Law

English football club Wigan Athletic has gone into administration less than four weeks after being taken over by a Hong Kong-based partnership
Rugby Union
Events

Japan and Fiji have been invited to join an expanded Six Nations international rugby tournament being proposed to take place this November and December
Football
Finance & Law

The English Football Association (FA) has said 82 of its employees stand to lose their jobs amid cost-cutting measures to tackle potential losses of around £300m (€327.4m/$369.1m) due to Covid-19.
Cricket
Events

The International Cricket Council has claimed that the Women's T20 World Cup 2020 was one of the most-watched women’s sporting events in history.
Rugby Union
Events

Premiership Rugby, the organising body of the top division of English club rugby union, has engaged professional services company PwC to help resume its 2019-20 season