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Argentina extends MotoGP race deal up to 2025
MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports has signed a new three-year deal for Argentina’s Autódromo Termas de Rio Hondo circuit to remain on the calendar until 2025.
NFL selects quintet of hip hop stars for Super Bowl LVI halftime
League looks to tie further into Los Angeles site for upcoming title game
NRL reduces crowd for Brisbane’s Grand Final, postponement a possibility
The National Rugby League has today (Thursday) been forced into scaling back capacity for Sunday’s Grand Final at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium by 25 per cent due to a Covid-19 outbreak in Queensland, and…
Qatar to host F1 race for first time, signs 10-year deal
Formula 1 has today (Thursday) agreed a deal for Qatar to take up the free slot on its 2021 calendar as part of a long-term race deal that will take effect from 2023
Only domestic spectators allowed to attend Beijing 2022
The Local Organising Committee for the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing has declared that only domestic citizens will be permitted to attend the two events, while stricter rules will…
NBA 2K League expands to Mexico with DUX Gaming partnership
The NBA 2K League is expanding to Mexico and Latin America for the first time with an agreement to award Spain-based esports organization DUX Gaming an expansion team for the 2022 season
Taupō to host 2024 Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Taupō has been confirmed as the host for the 2024 Ironman 70.3 World Championships after missing out on the opportunity to host the 2020 and 2022 events.
Aligned Uefa and Conmebol detail plans for Italy-Argentina match
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and Uefa, football’s European governing body, have detailed plans for Argentina and Italy, the winners of their respective national team tournaments, t…
Super League Triathlon aims to attract fresh investment with launch of franchise model
Super League Triathlon has launched a franchise model inspired by Formula 1 and cycling. Its chief executive Michael D'hulst tells SportBusiness how the new strategy can help to take triathlon into the mainstream as a spectator event.
Singapore to host AFF Suzuki Cup
Singapore will host the entire 2020 Suzuki Cup national team football tournament, in a break with tradition for the competition due to the pandemic
Veloce announces Versus Ultra Series in collaboration with Codemasters
London-based motorsport technology company Veloce has partnered with video game developer Codemasters to launch a new global esports league, the Versus Ultra Series
New IIHF president: China men’s ice hockey team faces exclusion from Olympics
Newly-elected International Ice Hockey Federation president, Luc Tardif, has admitted that China’s men’s national team faces possible exclusion from its home winter Olympic Games next year due to its “in…
EHF retains Lidl as Euros sponsor for next two tournaments
German supermarket chain Lidl has extended its commitment to the men’s European Handball Championship by agreeing to sponsor the next two editions of the national team tournament.
Ironman World Championship heads to Utah, expands for Hawaii return
The Ironman Group has announced that its showpiece World Championship will be held outside Hawaii for the first time in its 40-plus year history, with the event set to expand when it returns to the US…
Whistler lands 2025 Luge World Championships, FIL retracts Russian decision
The International Luge Federation (FIL) has awarded its 2025 World Championships to Whistler, Canada, while it has been forced to reverse a Congress decision to assign the 2023 World Championships on …
Rwanda confirmed as 2025 UCI Road World Championships host, Lappartient re-elected
Rwanda has been awarded hosting rights for the 2025 edition of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Road World Championships.
Extreme E reveals provisional calendar for second season
Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has outlined a provisional calendar for its second season next year, with plans to visit a possible four continents
European Club Association hits out at Fifa’s ‘destructive’ World Cup proposal
The European Club Association has expressed its “grave concern and alarm” at Fifa’s proposal to make the World Cup a biennial event and believes the plans would have a “direct and destructive” impact on…