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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.
Multi-sport
Events

The State of Victoria has agreed to pay Commonwealth Games stakeholders A$380m (€223.3m/$243.1m) in compensation following last month’s decision to drop hosting rights to the 2026 edition of the multi-sport event.
Events

Ticketing records have been smashed at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Now, as viagogo global managing director Cris Miller argues, women’s sport has a prime opportunity to capitalise by taking an innovative approach to ticketing strategies enhance distribution and satisfy demand.
Football
Governance

Women’s soccer is surfing a wave of fresh popularity during the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, but the US’s early exit from the tournament marks the start of a complex rebuild for America's top-tier domestic game as it prepares to run two concurrent division-one leagues from 2024.
Golf
Events

The DP World Tour has unveiled a substantially revamped schedule for its 2024 season, including a record prize purse of $148.5m (€135.8m), stating its plans reinforce the former European Tour’s claim to be “golf’s global Tour”.
Football
Governance

The German Football League (DFL) has been urged to take a more hands-on approach to organising pre-season tours for top-flight clubs as part of wider internationalisation plans to enhance the commercial…
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sponsorship revenue for the Ryder Cup has risen by 153 per cent during the current cycle after the additions made to the premium Worldwide Partner tier, SportBusiness understands
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today (Monday) signed off on an overhaul of its men’s club competitions, along with announcing the introduction of a Women’s Champions League.
Rugby League
Events

The National Rugby League (NRL) has detailed plans to start its 2024 campaign in Las Vegas, in what will mark the first regular-season games held outside of Australia and New Zealand.
Multiple Sports
Media

Continued strong results at the Ultimate Fighting Championship, betting growth and recent broadcast production contract wins at IMG helped Endeavor to post a 9.5-per-cent increase in quarterly revenues