North America

Golf
Marketing

The PGA Tour has announced a multi-year content and marketing partnership with DraftKings, designating the Boston-based fantasy sports operator as the Tour's first official daily fantasy game
American Football
Stadia

The Baltimore Ravens have completed a three-year, $120m (€108m) self-funded facility renovation project designed to enhance the fan experience at M&T Bank Stadium.
Baseball
Media

Yahoo Sports has called off a planned New York Mets-focused subscription website before the project even got off the ground
Baseball
Business

Major League Baseball's third-oldest stadium to get a significant upgrade in advance of playing host to the league's 2020 All-Star Game
Ice Hockey
Stadia

Terms have been agreed on a deal that could potentially lead to the development of a new C$550m (€374.5m/$418.6
Basketball
Licensing & Merchandising

Sports merchandising company Fanatics has taken over the Golden State Warriors’ on-site and online retail operations in a 10-year deal. Terms of the partnership were not disclosed.
Football
Attendance

The Chicago Red Stars gained a record 17,388 crowd on July 21 at SeatGeek Stadium, continuing the National Women's Soccer League's attendance boost following this summer's Women's World Cup in France
Football
Fan Engagement

Liverpool FC decided to arrange its own tour of the United States this summer, rather than compete in the pre-season International Champions Cup, because the club preferred to be "independent" and have more freedom to arrange opponents, dates and venues.
Tennis
Finance & Law

The total purse at the US Open this year will pass the $57m (€51m) mark for the first time in the tennis grand slam's history, a rise of eight percent from 2018.
Football
Governance

NBA superstar James Harden has joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer team Houston Dynamo, National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash, and their joint venue BBVA Stadium.
Licensing & Merchandising

Experiential services agency Legends has taken a significant step to expand its business operations by taking over Indianapolis-based event retail and merchandise company MainGate LLC.
Esports
Esports

Shares in esports streaming platform DouYu, which is backed by social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings,  started trading on the Nasdaq market today as part of the biggest IPO by a Chinese company …
Business

US ecommerce giant eBay moving toward likely sale of dominant ticket resale player
Football
Business

As France's Ligue 1 is staging a four-team tournament in Washington DC this week, Bob Williams looks at how it aims to expand its reach into the US and improve overseas media-rights income.
Governance

Highly-influential NBA agent Rich Paul – who represents Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, as well as numerous other stars in the league – has been named the head of United Talent Agency's new s…
Football
Governance

Major League Soccer expansion team Austin FC has gained a new parent company and ownership group
Baseball
Business

New agreement with MLB, player pay, attendance push among key issues facing head of affiliated minors
Football
Stadia

FC Cincinnati has unveiled a new design from prominent sports architecture firm Populous for its $250m (€223m) soccer-specific stadium in the West End neighborhood of the city, which is scheduled to o…