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Roshn named presenting partner of LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah
Saudi Arabian real estate developer Roshn has been named the presenting partner of LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah, which is taking place at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on October 14-16.
EXCLUSIVE: LIV Golf outlines global go-to-market strategy for first media rights cycle
LIV Golf has embarked on a global ‘roadshow’ of presentations and meetings with broadcasters as it launches its first rights cycle that will target exclusive deals worldwide.
LIV Golf hires ISBI 360 to boost ticket sales
Kansas-based digital training network ISBI 360 has struck a deal with LIV Golf in which the company's Virtual Sales Network, an on-demand sales talent provider and ticket sales trainer, will help the Saudi-backed…
Arne Rees on establishing a new sports investment entity
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Arne Rees, co-founder of the newly formed Velocity Capital Management. Fisher and Russo also discuss the $30m (€31.2m) round of funding for Athletes Unlimited, continued change and turbulence in United States college sports, the National Football League’s accelerating push for greater internationalization, collector impacts surrounding the historic home run chase of Major League Baseball superstar Aaron Judge, and heightened legal friction between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
PGA Tour files counterclaim against LIV Golf
Property levies claims of tortious interference against its Saudi-backed rival
LIV Golf ‘nearing US time-buy deal with Fox Sports’
Deal, if completed, would be highly unusual among most major sports properties
Mickelson, three others depart antitrust lawsuit against PGA Tour
Six-time major winner says he no longer needs to be involved
LIV Golf agrees digital media rights deal with Weibo in China
LIV Golf has agreed a content partnership in China with social media platform Weibo.
Weibo has got exclusive digital media rights for LIV's inaugural Invitational Series this year
Amazon, Apple ‘passed on’ LIV Golf media rights deal in US
Technology giants Amazon and Apple both reportedly passed on the opportunity to become the media rights partner of Saudi-backed startup LIV Golf in the United States, highlighting the difficulties the…
Mickelson targets PGA Tour for ‘magically’ finding millions to increase prize funds
Phil Mickelson has taken a swipe at the PGA Tour for "magically" finding the money to increase the prize funds at many of its tournaments in the wake of the increasing threat of the Saudi-backed breakaway…
NBC Sports remains bullish on PGA Tour despite LIV Golf threat
NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua says he remains bullish about the future of the PGA Tour despite a number of leading players continuing to join the rival Saudi-backed breakaway tour LIV Golf
Ahmad Nassar on a new commercial reality for pro tennis
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Ahmad Nassar, newly named as executive director of the Professional Tennis Players Association and chief executive of its for-profit affiliate Winners Alliance. Fisher and Russo also discuss the state of tennis amid the start of the 2022 US Open, the development of TMRW Sports with star golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the debut of FanDuel TV, a competitive and operational shift for the Savannah Bananas, and the state of Major League Baseball’s special events following the 'Field of Dreams' and MLB Little League Classic games.
Asian Tour’s joint venture with LIV Golf adds first events in North Africa
The Asian Tour has unveiled new tournaments in Egypt and Morocco as the latest additions to its International Series, a joint venture with Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf
Woods-led players’ meeting proposes ‘tour within tour’
The PGA Tour could potentially create a "tour within a tour" to help fend off the ever-growing LIV Golf challenge, with the new structure under consideration featuring 18 no-cut tournaments featuring the…
New Jersey bill could ban LIV Golf in the state
Proposed legislation seeks to prohibit events funded by sovereign wealth funds
PGA Tour of Australasia returns to full schedule amid LIV Golf expansion
The 2022-23 PGA Tour of Australasia season will consist of 16 events, with the return of tournaments including the Australian Open and New Zealand Open, the organisers of the regional golf circuit have…
LIV Golf trio denied bid to play in FedEx Cup Playoffs, Smith ‘to make switch’
A federal judge in California has rejected a bid from three LIV Golf participants to be allowed back into the PGA Tour to compete in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, which begin this week with the FedEx St.