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Suzuka extends F1 deal, Honda to sponsor 2021 Japanese GP
Formula 1 is set to continue racing at Suzuka Circuit until at least the 2024 season, after a three-year contract extension was struck for the Japanese Grand Prix
‘Binding contracts’ were signed for ESL, says Pérez
Florentino Pérez, president of Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid and founding chairman of the European Super League, has maintained that the 12 clubs that signed up to the breakaway competition …
Netball World Cup to return to Sydney in 2027
Sydney will host the Netball World Cup for the third time in 2027, after Netball Australia landed the staging rights for the quadrennial event
Tokyo organisers hold firm amid lockdown disruption
Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief Seiko Hashimoto said cancelling the upcoming Games is not being considered, as Japanese cities entered new, two-week 'states of emergency' to control Covid-19…
College Football Playoff considers expanding to 16 teams
The College Football Playoff is considering expanding to potentially 16 teams in the coming years, a move which would likely generate hundreds of millions in broadcast revenues and significantly increase …
Quebec committee presents plan to host 2030 winter Olympics
A campaign has been launched to explore the possibility of the Canadian province of Quebec submitting a bid for the 2030 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
Bilbao and Dublin’s Euro 2020 matches reallocated, Munich retained as host
Uefa has today (Friday) announced that Bilbao and Dublin have been stripped of hosting rights for this summer’s rescheduled European Championships, with the former’s matches to be transferred to Seville and…
One Esports Dota Singapore final hits 1.1m viewing peak
A peak concurrent streaming audience of 1.1 million watched the One Esports Dota 2 Singapore Major final earlier this month
Tokyo 2020 artistic swimming qualifiers moved to Barcelona
Fina, the international aquatics federation, has announced that an Olympic artistic swimming qualifying event that was set to take place in Tokyo will now be held in Barcelona in June
Premier League to ‘revise rules’ to guard against breakaway threat
Football’s English Premier League is considering a change in its rules that would prevent clubs involved in the breakaway European Super League from joining such a competition in the future.
London and NY in, Asia out, as Formula E confirms calendar
London and New York have been confirmed as hosts of Formula E races this year, while hoped-for races in Asia, Marrakech and Santiago have been pushed to next year
IIHF forced into late cancellation of Women’s World Championship
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has expressed its disappointment after being forced to cancel its already rescheduled 2021 Women’s World Championship in Canada, little over a fortnight b…
Indianapolis 500 poised to attract Covid-record 135,000 attendance
The Indianapolis 500 is poised to become the most-attended sporting event in the world since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic with 135,000 spectators permitted to attend the May 30 race
Premier League launches esports competition in China with Tencent, EA Sports
The English Premier League has launched an esports competition in China, strengthening its ties with Chinese streaming platform and internet giant Tencent
Pérez: European Super League ‘on stand-by’
Florentino Pérez, president of Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid and founding chairman of the European Super League, has maintained the controversial breakaway competition remains “on stand-by”, hint…
Bilbao ‘stripped of Euro 2020 rights’, fresh Irish government doubts over Dublin hosting
Basque authorities have hit out at Uefa after claiming European football’s governing body has dropped Bilbao as a host city for the rescheduled Euro 2020, while Dublin’s hosting status is also looking pre…
IOC steps into esports with five international federations, game publishers
The International Olympic Committee has this morning announced that it has partnered with five international sports federations, game publishers and DreamHack Sports Games to launch the first-ever, Olympic-licensed…
Bach confident a large number of Olympic athletes will be vaccinated
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said he is confident a large number of athletes and delegates at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have received their Covid-19 vaccine in time for…