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National Football League team owners have voted to approve the expansion of the league's playoffs from 12 to 14 teams for the 2020 season

Players to receive weekly pay, health benefits through May 31 amid ongoing pandemic-imposed delay

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has said it is working “very urgently” on a change of dates for its 2021 World Games in the US city of Birmingham, while the International University Spo…

10-part series shifted from June release to mid-April

New terms for canceled events draws quick rebuke

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has finalised an extension and expansion to its rights deal in the Indian subcontinent with US-based wrestling organisation WWE, securing exclusive access…

The National Basketball Association has become the latest major sports organization to turn to esports as a means to fill the void amid the sports shutdown caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic

Canada was the first nation to announce it would not send a delegation to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics if they went ahead as scheduled this summer. It was a 'heartbreaking' decision but the right one, says the COC

USA Rugby, the governing body for rugby union in the United States, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy "as a result of compounded and insurmountable financial constraints"

World Athletics is seeking dates in 2022 for its World Championships to avoid clashing with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics

The Australian Olympic Committee has said its decision to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 was unilateral, moving to quash speculation that it had acted in concert with Canada and the International Olympic Committee

Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps have made a move to extend their global reach by debuting a series of new Twitter accounts in multiple different languages

RSN creates two-screen experience involving former players turned analysts

IndyCar has become the latest major sports organization in the United States to enforce temporary layoffs and pay cuts amid the sports shutdown that has followed the global Covid-19 pandemic

Reflecting on the impact of Covid-19, M. James Ward speaks to five golf facility operators to find out first-hand how the pandemic is affecting the golf industry.

The National Hockey League is creating two new fan-engagement initiatives in a bid to stay active and keep supporters engaged amid the sports shutdown caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic

The PGA Tour has set up a number of programs to help golfers and caddies who are financially struggling as a result of the suspension of play due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

Construction on the New York Islanders' new arena at Belmont Park has been put on hold after New York state governor Andrew Cuomo expanded his temporary shutdown of non-essential projects due to concerns…