Events

Motorsport
Events

The Extreme E electric SUV racing series will stage an event in Sardinia this October, replacing the cancelled contest in Brazil
Darts
Events

The Professional Darts Corporation has agreed a new four-year deal to continue staging its World Championship at Alexandra Palace
Tennis
Events

The United States Tennis Association and Elevate Sports Ventures have announced a strategic relationship to support premium sales and service for the 2021 US Open.
Rugby League
Events

Rugby League World Cup 2021 organisers have said the chances of the tournament proceeding as planned in England this year are “50-50” as they address the “significant challenges” presented by Australia and New…
Multi-sport
Attendance

Modest numbers of fans have been attending events at the Tokyo Olympics, taking advantage of official and unofficial gaps in the broader spectator ban
Sailing
Events

The Irish city of Cork has been included on a shortlist of candidates selected by Emirates Team New Zealand for hosting rights to the 37th edition of the America’s Cup sailing event.
Basketball
Events

New research conducted by Nielsen Sports has shown growing levels of interest in the EuroLeague basketball tournament in its major markets over the last three years
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has awarded the 2023 Road Running Championships to the Latvian city of Riga and announced that Guangzhou, China, will host the World Relays in May of the same year
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

American politicians opposed to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have criticised the event's US corporate sponsors during a congressional hearing
Rugby Union
Events

New Zealand Rugby has been forced to scrap plans to host two Rugby Championship Test matches against Argentina in September after the trans-Tasman travel bubble – between Australia and New Zealand – was…
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Adam Nelson speaks to Astrid Thams, director of retail, events and licensing at Fanatics, about the challenges of navigating a successful retail operation through the Covid-19-hit Euro 2020 tournament.
Cricket
Events

The suspended 2021 season of the Indian Premier League will restart in the United Arab Emirates on September 19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has said
Rugby Union
Events

The United States men's national rugby union team will play the New Zealand All Blacks in a high-profile Test match at FedEx Field on October 23, an event which could significantly bolster USA Rugby's…
Football
Events

Football's 2021-22 Thai League 1 season has been delayed again due to the coronavirus pandemic and is now scheduled to kick off on September 3
Basketball
Events

Basketball's Fiba Asia Cup 2021 in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been delayed until next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Cricket
Events

The Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed on an earlier calendar slot of January-February for the 2022 Pakistan Super League, along with discussing what will be a new commercial rights cycle for the Twenty20…
Multi-sport
Events

The Olympics has always been a stage for nations to set out grand political ambitions, for better or worse. Tokyo 2020 will be no different, says Professor Simon Chadwick.
Multi-sport
Events

A cross-party group of US lawmakers has urged the International Olympic Committee  to postpone and relocate the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, unless China ends what the US perceives as an ongoing genocide …