Events

Cycling
Events

Flanders Classics, the Belgian cycling event organiser, is to assume management of the Amstel Gold Race, the biggest cycling classic in the Netherlands, from the 2025 edition, it was announced today (Thursday)
Table Tennis
Media

A new global table tennis event featuring some of the sport's leading male and female players, and based loosely on golf's Ryder Cup, is to debut later this year
Football
Events

James Johnson, chief executive of Football Australia, has called for a review of the venues chosen to host football matches at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games amid an anticipated spike in interest following the recent Fifa Women’s World Cup, which the country co-hosted alongside New Zealand.
Motorcycling
Finance & Law

The co-owners of Sunderland AFC, the second-tier English football club, have acquired SX Global, the Australia-based firm that has a 10-year contract in place to promote and manage the FIM Supercross World…
Athletics
Industry Moves

World Athletics has today (Monday) appointed Marton Gyulai as its director of competition and events, fresh off the back of the official helping to deliver a widely acclaimed 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Rugby Union
Governance

A review of the governance of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has warned that the Super Rugby competition must be overhauled in order to become a viable commercial proposition
Motorsport
Events

Extreme E, the electric off-road motor racing series, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Automobile Federation (FIA) which will see the launch of a hydrogen-fuelled championship in 2025.
Rugby Union
Events

Environmental group Greenpeace has condemned TotalEnergies’ sponsorship of the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France with the release of an animated video that depicts oil flooding the pitch at the Stade de France, the venue for the opening match of the tournament on September 8.
Ice Hockey
Finance & Law

The ownership group behind North America’s new Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has a business plan that covers at least a decade, according to Los Angeles Dodgers president Stan Kasten who is …
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

SRJ Sports Investments, the new vehicle created by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), has made its first move, a $100m (€92m) investment into US-based mixed martial arts promotion the Professional Fig…
Football
Events

Globe Soccer, the organisation behind Dubai's prestigious Globe Soccer Awards, has signed a landmark five-year agreement with Spain’s LALIGA.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Tom Hill, former chief commercial officer at World Rugby, is to head up a new venture set up by Global Venue Services (GVS) and the Propel collective of sports and health specialists to develop shared…
Football
Events

Saudi Arabia has strengthened its ties to African football with the announcement that the 2023 African Super Cup will be played in the Saudi city of Taif next month
Professional Wrestling
Events

This Sunday, yet another of Tony Khan’s dreams will come true.
Tennis
Events

Saudi Arabia has made its first significant move into tennis, today (Thursday), winning the bid to host the Next Gen ATP Finals, the end-of-season tournament for the best eight men's singles players aged…
Table Tennis
Events

London has seen off competition from Bangkok to land the 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals, with the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) flagship event returning to the city of its birth to celebrate its centenary edition.
Football
Events

Football Australia is confident there is the political will in the country to back another bid for the men’s Fifa World Cup, even if it means going up against another Middle East financial powerhouse.
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) have named the eight venues that will host England’s staging of an expanded Rugby World Cup in 2025, with the goal of creating the most accessible edition of the women’s national team tournament to date.