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Golf
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Golf returned to the Olympic Games in Rio after a hiatus of 112 years. Several of the sport’s top players decided not to take part, generating some negative media coverage, but the International Golf Federation’s executive director Antony Scanlon tells Frank Dunne why Rio was an ‘outstanding success’ for the sport
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Covid-19 restrictions in Tokyo and surrounding areas could remain in place for up to a month, overlapping with the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 23
Golf
Finance & Law

The Sportfive agency has significantly added to the number of professional golf events that it manages through the acquisition of Global Golf Management, the US-based golf event management, consulting…
Events

Inclusion in the Olympic Games programme can be transformational for a sport, so international federations will spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars battling to get accepted by the IOC. For those that make it, the rewards are substantial in terms of funding, visibility and increased participation. Frank Dunne reports.
Rugby Union
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The seven-a-side format of rugby was accepted by the IOC in 2009 and made its debut at Rio 2016. World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin discusses how the sport's inclusion opened up new markets, while looking ahead to Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024
Technology

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will see three of its venues connected with 5G technology, delivering “innovative sports viewing experiences”, organisers have revealed.
Australian Rules Football
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Regional Covid-19 lockdowns in Australia are forcing relocations of sports events and teams
Football
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The start of the new Indonesian Liga 1 football season has been postponed due to rising Covid-19 cases in the country
Football
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The Chinese Super League will return to action in mid-July after a delayed restart to the second phase of the season, the Chinese Football Association has announced
Triathlon
Events

World Triathlon has agreed a deal with OnePlan to create a customised version of the event-planning company’s platform.
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In the first of a series of articles about the new sports making their debut at the Tokyo Olympics, Jonathan Retseck and Ben Ende, partners at talent management and sports marketing agency RxR Sports, tell SportBusiness how climbing can benefit from its inclusion this summer. Bob Williams reports.
Golf
Events

Australia's leading golf event is back on this year after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, while New Zealand's top tennis event looks set for a second cancellation in a row
Athletics
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World Athletics has announced that it will seek an alternative host for the 2022 World Race Walking Team Championships, the rights for which had originally been awarded to Minsk, Belarus
Rugby Union
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The Rugby Football Union Council has voted to extend the freeze on relegation from the Premiership and second-tier Championship for a further two seasons, a move which will see England's top rugby union…
Rugby Union
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World champions South Africa will mark their return to the Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere-based international rugby union tournament, with a doubleheader against Argentina in South Africa
Action Sports
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US sports broadcaster ESPN has announced plans to take the X Games back to its roots with the summer edition of the action sports series set to be held in three Southern California locations this year,…
Badminton
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The Badminton World Federation has announced major changes to its 2021 calendar, including the cancellation of a swathe of Asian tournaments and moving the Sudirman Cup Finals and World Tour Finals out…
Cricket
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This year's T20 World Cup will be moved from India to the United Arab Emirates, while Oman will also help host the event