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Media

The Spring Media agency has been appointed to distribute global broadcast rights to the 2023 World Combat Games, which are scheduled to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from October 21 to 30
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

SportAccord, the umbrella organisation which gathers together international sports federations and organisations involved in the business of sport, has named Martin Gibbs as acting managing director following…
Multiple Sports
Governance

Ivo Ferriani, the president of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation and the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations, has now added a further string to his bow after…
Multiple Sports
Events

The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit due to be held in Ekaterinburg, Russia in November this year has been rescheduled for 15-20 May, 2022
Events

Fifa said it would not require football clubs to release players for international matches in March and April, and recommended the halting of internationals in that period
Esports
Events

Tokyo 2020's organisers have dismissed reports that this summer's Olympics might be cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak

The inaugural Regional SportAccord Pan America conference in Fort Lauderdale was hailed as a resounding success by SportAccord president Raffaele Chiulli, providing huge value to key players and stakeholders…

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Governance

Raffaele Chiulli has been officially elected as the president of SportAccord Convention at the organisation’s general assembly today (Thursday), part of the ongoing event in Gold Coast, Australia. 
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Business

SportAccord, the umbrella group of more than 90 Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations, has today (Friday) approved constitutional changes that will see it return to its former designation and introduce a new means of electing its president.

Lausanne, Switzerland - SportAccord Convention today confirmed the full list of Partners and Supporters for the 15th edition of the Convention, due to take place from 2-7 April 2017 at the Aarhus Convention Center in Denmark.
Business

SportAccord, the umbrella group of more than 90 Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations, has unveiled proposals for constitutional changes that could see it return to its former designation and introduce a new means of electing its president.
Mixed Martial Arts
Other

Can MMA retain its edgy appeal and fulfil its ultimate ambition to become an Olympic sport, or is there more work to do to bring the sport into the ‘mainstream’? SportBusiness International investigates.
Business

SportAccord has appointed Nis Hatt as its permanent managing director during a council meeting that also saw the umbrella body of international sport federations pledge to analyse the feasibility of staging multi-sport events.
Business

International Basketball Federation (Fiba) secretary general Patrick Baumann has today (Friday) been elected as the new president of SportAccord in the wake of a turbulent year for the umbrella group of more than 90 Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations.
Events

SportAccord Convention has announced that the Danish city of Aarhus will host the 2017 edition of the event from April 2-7 next year.
Events

SportAccord Convention will return to Lausanne for the first time since 2004 after the Swiss city was today (Tuesday) confirmed as the destination for next year’s edition of the annual gathering of international sports federations, associations and companies.