North America
Media

Digital media company Perform has struck a deal with the USA Today Sports Media Group to provide more than 100 of the latter’s local digital platforms with online action from professional and collegiate American sports.
Events

Raymond Moore, the new chief executive of the BNP Paribas Open, has unveiled proposals to build a new stadium as part of a bold new expansion strategy for the top tennis event, which takes place every year in Indian Wells, California.
Events

The newly-built Circuit of the Americas in Texas will become the third US destination on the MotoGP calendar from next year, Dorna, the operator of the series, has announced.
Media

Major League Baseball (MLB) has finally confirmed bumper new broadcast rights deals with Fox Sports and Turner Broadcasting System that will start in 2014 and run through to 2021.
Business

IndyCar’s parent companies have moved to deny reports that a takeover approach has been made for the US motorsport series by its former CEO Tony George.
Events

The world’s leading sports teams will gather at Yankee Stadium in New York on November 13, when Beyond Sport United welcomes the leaders of the most popular sports on the planet to explore and expand their organisations’ role in social change.
Football

As the Premier League embarks on its international rights sales, SportBusiness Intelligence, the market intelligence and consultancy arm of the SportBusiness Group, looks at how top football properties…
Stadia

Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously in favour of Anschutz Entertainment Group’s (AEG) US$1.2 billion plan to build a downtown stadium, moving the prospect of the National Football League (NFL) returning to the city significantly closer.
Business

The National Hockey League (NHL) on Thursday announced the cancellation of the remainder of its 2012-13 pre-season schedule as it prepares to resume collective bargaining talks today.
Events

Formula One is set to make its long-awaited return to the United States in November after Austin’s Circuit of the Americas was given the green light by the International Motorsport Federation (FIA), the sport’s governing body.
Events

Formula One’s inaugural Grand Prix of America in New Jersey has been placed in serious jeopardy after the sport’s commercial rights-holder, Bernie Ecclestone, revealed its contract had been withdrawn.
Business

The San Francisco 49ers have reached an agreement with SAP that will see the software giant become a founding partner at its new Santa Clara Stadium.
Media

The PGA of America has extended its international broadcast rights partnership with the IMG Media agency through 2016 in a deal that is set to broaden the exposure of the forthcoming Ryder Cup.
Business

NASCAR has announced a deal that will see it use equipment by New Holland for the production of fuel.
Business

The National Hockey League (NHL) on Sunday entered lockout mode for the third time in 18 years as the League’s deputy commissioner Bill Daly apologised for the worrying predicament of ice hockey’s top competition.
Business

The National Hockey League (NHL) looks certain to enter lockout mode with both owners and players showing little sign of agreeing terms on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) ahead of the expiration of the current deal on Saturday.
Business

Fenway Sports Group’s (FSG) principal owner John Henry has denied a report that Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise the Boston Red Sox is up for sale, adding that the group remains fully committed to all its sports properties.
Stadia

Seattle has taken a step towards witnessing the return of a National Basketball Association (NBA) team after the city council on Tuesday agreed to a deal that would see the development of a US$490 million arena.