North America

David Beckham's Inter Miami has been given the green light from Fort Lauderdale city commissioners to move forward with plans to redevelop the abandoned Lockhart Stadium into an 18,000-seater venue.

Organisers admit they 'lost their way' by alienating core fanbase TV ratings and attendances down significantly, while many sponsors have left

One in five Americans will place a bet on the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament according to new analysis by the American Gaming Association (AGA).

The Pittsburgh Steelers have long maintained a sizeable global following. Ryan Huzjak, their vice-president of sales and marketing, tells SportBusiness how they are now using social media to engage with, grow, and monetise that audience.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have agreed to make an early start on devising a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in what is deemed an unprecedented…

Inter Miami CF, the MLS expansion team part-owned by David Beckham, will seek to play its first two MLS seasons in Fort Lauderdale, 30 miles north of Miami

United Soccer League, the body that operates a second, third and fourth tier league in the United States, has launched an academy competition

Calgary, the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta, has been awarded the rights to host the Winter X Games for three years from 2020

As world football leaders gather in Miami for the Fifa Council meetings, the United States Soccer Federation finds itself under fire from multiple fronts, with six active legal actions and pressure to…

After consecutive years of falling television ratings, NFL domestic television audiences increased by five per cent in the recently concluded 2018-19 season.

Despite appearing to be at an-all time high in terms of general popularity, NBA domestic television audience ratings for the first half of the 2018-19 season are down across the board compared to the first half of the 2017-18 season.

Lawmakers in Rhode Island have expanded the state's legal gambling framework to include mobile betting on Tuesday. The bill now moves to the desk of governor Gina Raimondo for final approval.

A keynote by Bruin Sports Capital founder and chief executive George Pyne will set up a fascinating finance and investment panel discussion featuring Stephen Duval, managing director and co-founder of 23 Capital, Colin Neville, managing director of the Raine Group, and Charles Baker, co-chair of O’Melveny’s sport business group.

The ESPN Events division of US sports broadcaster ESPN has announced plans to launch an esports competition for college students

MLS commissioner Don Garber visited St. Louis earlier this week

The first cashless event at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta United's MLS home opener against FC Cincinnati at the weekend – "went very smoothly" according to officials.