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The battle for mixed martial arts supremacy in Saudi Arabia has begun, with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) set to hold its first event in the kingdom in the first quarter of 2024

The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has held talks with its Australian counterparts over a possible bid for the 2034 Fifa World Cup, according to its president

The International Olympic Committee is set for a significant rise in the value of its media rights in the Indian subcontinent, after cricket was recommended to be part of the 2028 edition in Los Angeles

Padel’s new Hexagon Cup has received a funding injection ahead of its first iteration from the venture capital arm of DMG Media, the UK media group that owns the Daily Mail, Metro and i newspapers.T

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) has submitted an official letter of intent to world governing body Fifa confirming its long-planned bid to host the 2034 World Cup, claiming today (Monday)…

Skweek, the basketball streaming platform owned by Monaco-based Fedcom Media, has launched in Spain but with a focus on ticketing and hospitality, in the absence of holding premium sports rights

The northern Japanese city of Sapporo has decided to give up on its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics amid rising public distrust over corruption scandals connected to the 2020 Tokyo…

London’s Excel arena has announced a new long-term strategy to identify new sponsorship opportunities and unlock value beyond the venue’s core events business.

Fifa has announced that the joint bid from Morocco, Portugal and Spain will be the “sole candidate” to host the 2030 Fifa World Cup but three matches will also played in South America with Fifa president Gia…

Italian Serie A club AS Roma has turned to Saudi Arabia to end its quest for a main shirt sponsor, agreeing a two-year deal with the Gulf state's winter entertainment festival, Riyadh Season

The UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 will be unopposed after Uefa confirmed Turkey’s withdrawal from the bidding race to pursue a joint application with Italy to stage Euro 2032.

Soccer tours to the US were once the butt of a joke

Polish President Andrzej Duda has announced that the country will pursue a bid to host the 2036 edition of the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Endeavor has lost an appeal lodged in a Californian court against HDI Global Insurance over “commercial property” losses related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco will stage the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament while a joint bid from the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda…

Matchroom Boxing is making a move into Japan, after signing an agreement with Rakuten Ticket, Inc and Never Say Never (NSN), a sports entertainment and marketing company

SPORTEL’s annual flagship event, SPORTEL Monaco, will be back from 23 - 25 October, at the state-of-the-art Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, with an exhibition hall already almost fully booked.

A prospective new southeast Asian Formula 1 motor racing team has moved a step closer to fruition, with $1bn (€940m) in funding having been secured.