Events
Discovery Sports Events agrees AWS deal with Track Champions League focus
Discovery Sports Events, the global promotion and event arm of the Discovery media group, has agreed a deal with Amazon Web Services for the company to become its Official Cloud, Artificial Intelligence,…
RFU to ‘go it alone’ with 2031 Rugby World Cup bid
The English Rugby Football Union has confirmed its intention to bid for the 2031 World Cup and is now set to go it alone in an effort to land the tournament, according to The Guardian
MLB set to hold 2023 All-Star Game in Seattle
MLB jewel event to return to Pacific Northwest after 22 years
ISU seeks replacement host for Four Continents after Tianjin drops out
The International Skating Union is seeking a new host for the 2022 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in January of next year, after Tianjin, China dropped out
IIHF presidential candidate Bach Nielsen proposes fewer World Championship events
Denmark’s Henrik Bach Nielsen has told SportBusiness that a reduction in the number of ice hockey World Championship events from the Division I, Group B level downwards forms part of his proposals in t…
Gilpin: Biennial Rugby World Cup an ‘interesting concept’
World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has said a biennial Rugby World Cup would be an “interesting concept” but would need substantial stakeholder engagement before being considered.
South Africa ‘interested’ in replacing Japan as host of Fifa Club World Cup
South Africa has signalled that it would be interested in stepping in as the host of this December’s Fifa Club World Cup, after Japan withdrew due to ongoing concerns in the country over the spread of C…
WTA Finals move from Shenzhen to Guadalajara due to Covid-19
The Women’s Tennis Association has announced that the Mexican city of Guadalajara will host the 2021 WTA Finals after conceding defeat in efforts to retain the event in Shenzhen.
Paris 2024 chief: Centralised On Location deal to create ‘more sales opportunities’
Paris 2024 chief executive Étienne Thobois has welcomed the appointment of Endeavor-owned On Location to run a centralised hospitality programme for the 2024, 2026 and 2028 Olympics, stating that the …
Ukraine underlines winter Olympics bid intentions
Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has said his country is committed to bidding for a future edition of the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Conmebol: Biennial World Cup ‘highly unviable’
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has joined the opposition to Fifa’s plan to transform the World Cup into a biennial event, despite admitting it was previously in favour of the idea.
Lancashire Cricket weighs up losses from cancelled England-India Test
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has said it has offered to reschedule the Test match between England and India that was cancelled shortly before play was due to begin earlier today (Friday),…
Uefa president warns of boycott threat to Fifa’s World Cup plans
Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has warned that European and South American nations may boycott any move by Fifa to push forward with switching the World Cup to a biennial hosting model.
Fifa unveils plans to visit East Coast-based USA 2026 World Cup candidate cities
World governing soccer body Fifa has announced it will visit nine United States-based candidate host cities for the 2026 World Cup from September 15-23, starting in Boston and concluding in Miami
Fencing returns to European Games programme for Krakow-Malopolska 2023
The European Olympic Committees has announced the sport of fencing will return to the programme of the European Games for its next edition in Krakow-Malopolska in 2023
Lars Haue-Pedersen | Should ‘together’ also include a merger of the Olympics and Paralympics?
Lars Haue-Pedersen, head of BCW Sports, looks at whether the IOC and IPC should consider the radical step of merging the Olympic and Paralympics Games to fully embrace the meaning of the new, expanded Olympic motto of: "Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together"
Asian Youth Games in China postponed
The Asian Youth Games, due to take place in Shantou, China, in November, has been postponed by a year due to the pandemic
MLS to go head-to-head with NFL on Thanksgiving Day
Major League Soccer has decided to go head-to-head with the National Football League by broadcasting a postseason game on the main Fox broadcast network on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 25