England
Saracens accept relegation amid salary cap scandal
English Premiership champion Saracens will be relegated from the top division of domestic rugby union at the end of the current 2019-20 season after admitting it will fail to meet salary cap regulations…
Surrey claims first with TikTok launch
Surrey County Cricket Club has launched an official channel on short-form video sharing app TikTok, claiming it is the first professional cricket team to do so
RFU extends Bollinger deal, PwC continues with IRFU
The English Rugby Football Union and Irish Rugby Football Union have extended partnerships with Champagne Bollinger and professional services group PwC, respectively
Newcastle United signs Loganair as airline sponsor
English Premier League football club Newcastle United has signed regional airline Loganair as its latest associate partner
Gowling builds on Commonwealth Games backing with deals in England, Canada
Law firm Gowling WLG has stepped up its backing of the Commonwealth sports movement by agreeing sponsorship deals with Commonwealth Games England and Commonwealth Games Canada
Former Arsenal shareholder Usmanov considers Everton investment
Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has revealed his interest in investing in English Premier League football club Everton
Preston North End signs local firm as first-ever sleeve sponsor
English Championship football club Preston North End has agreed a deal for Clearview Home Improvements to become its first-ever sleeve sponsor
Recovering Saracens add transport firm GBA Services as sponsor
English Premiership rugby union club Saracens has signed a two-year deal with transport solutions provider, GBA Services
Eurosport adds new Wimbledon rights as Bolton becomes AELTC’s first female CEO
Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured rights to Wimbledon in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the first time as part of a new deal encompassing 11 European markets
Real Madrid becomes latest club to introduce paywall social media offering
Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has launched a subscription-based service on social media platform Facebook
Super League ‘close’ to private equity investment
Clubs in the Super League are reportedly considering selling a stake in the rugby league competition to a private equity firm
Study: MLB games deliver £37m economic boost to London
Major League Baseball’s (MLB’s) first-ever regular season games in Europe granted London an economic boost worth nearly £37m (€43.6m/$48.7m), according to the findings of a new report.
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EFL appoints Burnley’s Baldwin as new chief executive
The English Football League (EFL), organising body of the three competitions below the Premier League, has completed the reorganisation of its senior management by naming David Baldwin as its new chief…
Premier League settles on Masters as permanent CEO
The English Premier League has today (Thursday) appointed Richard Masters as its chief executive on a permanent basis, bringing to an end a drawn-out saga to secure a successor to Richard Scudamore
Ex-Premiership Rugby CEO McCafferty is new Warwickshire chairman
Warwickshire County Cricket Club has appointed former Premiership Rugby chief executive, Mark McCafferty, as its new chairman ahead of the introduction of a five-year strategic plan
Dele Alli signs with CAA Sports’ Base Soccer Agency
Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer Dele Alli has appointed Base Soccer Agency, a division of global sports agency CAA Sports, for on-pitch representation
Premier League claims piracy win in Thailand
Football’s English Premier League has claimed another win in the fight against piracy of its content after one Briton and a Thai national pleaded guilty to infringing its copyright in Thailand.
Melville to leave RFU next month
The Rugby Football Union (RFU), the governing body of rugby union in England, has today (Friday) announced that Nigel Melville will step down as the organisation's professional rugby director in December