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Uefa, World Athletics and CGF in talks to avoid event clashes
The Commonwealth Games Federation is working with World Athletics and Uefa to ensure the Birmingham Commonwealth Games don’t overlap with a rescheduled World Athletics Championships or the Women’s Eur…
NBA ‘considers staging entire playoffs in Las Vegas’
The National Basketball Association is reportedly considering staging its entire postseason in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a means to save its 2019-20 season currently on hold due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
Activision Blizzard ‘in talks’ over linear TV deal for Overwatch League
US-based interactive entertainment company Activision Blizzard has held talks with NBC Sports Group over the possibility of returning its Overwatch League esports competition to US linear television, it…
Birmingham’s World Games pushed back a year after Tokyo 2020 postponement
Next year’s edition of the World Games multi-sport event in Birmingham, Alabama has been postponed by 12 months to accommodate the new date for the summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
NBA looks to stay ‘connected and engaged’ with fans via players-only esports tournament
The NBA has become the latest major sports organization to turn to esports as a means to help fill the void amid the sports shutdown. Bob Williams reports
NWSL looking to start season at end of June
The National Women's Soccer League is aiming to start its season at the end of June, commissioner Lisa Baird has revealed
NBC Sports, iRacing partner for short-track esports competition
NBC Sports has unveiled its second esports motorsport competition to help fill the void amid the sports shutdown caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic
Inter Miami signs local TV deal with CBS Miami
Major League Soccer's Inter Miami has signed a local English-language broadcast deal with CBS Miami in a multiyear partnership
WarnerMedia names Kilar as CEO
Executive was founding CEO of Hulu
MLS commissioner Garber, majority of league staff taking enforced pay cuts
The vast majority of Major League Soccer head office staff, including commissioner Don Garber, are taking enforced pay cuts due to the league's shutdown amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
NBC Sports to broadcast IndyCar iRacing series
IndyCar is partnering with NBC Sports for the IndyCar iRacing Challenge, a new esports competition featuring a field of NTT Indycar Series drivers.
USL secures ESPN distribution for Rocket League competition
The United Soccer League has secured ESPN distribution for the new Rocket League esports competition it has created to help fill the void during the sports shutdown enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
AT&T, Spectrum end carriage conflict for SportsNet LA
Distribution deal reached after stalemate of more than six years
Woods, Mickelson set for potential head-to-head rematch involving Manning and Brady
Golf superstars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are reportedly in talks about a rematch of their 2018 head-to-head showdown for a high-profile event that will aid Covid-19 efforts
MLB cancels planned return to London
Two-game series planned for June is latest event casualty of ongoing pandemic
NCAA president Emmert taking temporary pay cut
National Collegiate Athletic Association president Mark Emmert is taking an enforced temporary 20-per-cent pay cut due to lost revenues caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic, USA Today has reported
Toronto ban on city-run public events until July could have major sports impact
The City of Toronto potentially faces an extended sports shutdown after mayor John Tory announced the cancellation of all major city-run events through June 30 amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
NBA announces participants, format for players-only NBA 2K tournament
The National Basketball Association has announced the participants and format of its new players-only esports tournament it is holding to help fill the void amid the global Covid-19 pandemic