Global

Rugby
Host Broadcast & Production

Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, will continue to produce the host broadcast for all Rugby World Cups through to 2029
Boxing
Governance

The International Boxing Association is refusing to back down in its fight against the International Olympic Committee, accusing the organisation of 'sporting blackmail'
Tennis
Events

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has made various changes to its international teams competitions, including the end of a Davis Cup group stage that has proved unpopular with some players and fans alike.
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.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Formula 1 has secured the longest central sponsorship agreement in its history after finalising a 10-year contract with French luxury goods giant LVMH.
Curling
Media

The Curling Group (TCG), the newly-formed venture which has bought the Grand Slam of Curling from Sportsnet, has hired Iris Sport Media to distribute the property’s global broadcast and betting rights.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Bridgestone has become the latest Japanese brand to exit the IOC's Olympic Partner (TOP) programme, announcing in a statement that it is shifting its focus to ‘endemic motorsports platforms’ and ‘sustainable mobility’.
Skiing
Media

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) will on Monday issue an invitation to tender (ITT) for global media rights to the Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships in 2027 and 2029, SportBusiness understands.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Marriott International is poised to extend its long-standing sponsorship agreement with the Mercedes Formula 1 team, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Chiliz Group, the owners of the Socios fan token business, is launching Chiliz Sports, an independent agency to help cryptocurrency brands identify partnership opportunities with sports properties.
Power Boating
Media

Iris Sport Media has been appointed to distribute media rights to the UIM E1 World Championship, the electric powerboat racing series that launched earlier this year with a season opener in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Tom Edwards, a former leading sales executive at Sportradar, has been recruited by Spring Media to strengthen the agency’s betting rights distribution vertical.
Football
Sports Betting

Betting video rights to the Scottish Premiership will be exclusively commercialised from next season onwards by Stats Perform, which replaces rival IMG Arena in the role
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Swiss bank UBS has renewed its sponsorship of the Mercedes Formula 1 Team, despite missing out on a central deal with the motorsports series for next season
Football
Events

Fifa has announced details of its relaunched Intercontinental Cup, with European champions Real Madrid to play in the final on December 18 in Qatar following a series of regional play-off matches
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Bank of America has made golf’s Augusta Masters its second statement sponsorship of the year, following on from its global deal with Fifa for the 2026 World Cup last month.
Multiple Sports
Media

Two Circles is in advanced stage discussions to acquire the Spring Media agency as it looks to scale up its broadcast rights distribution capabilities, SportBusiness understands
Motorcycling
Industry Moves

MotoGP's hire of its first-ever managing director of global marketing has been more than a year in the making and is being seen as a major landmark in the motorcycling series' aggressive growth plans,…