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Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 appoints two COOs
Fifa has appointed two chief operating officers for the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.
Tennis players want alternative to quarantines, Djokovic says
Novak Djokovic said "a majority" of men's tennis players do not want to go ahead with this season if they have to quarantine ahead of most tournaments
SweetSpot seeks October date as UK Women’s Tour race postponed
Organisers of cycling's Women’s Tour, SweetSpot Group, have announced that the upcoming edition of the UK race scheduled for June 7-12 will be postponed due to Covid-19.
NBA advances protocols for modified All-Star Game
League outlines series of health and safety protocols for midseason break
Domenicali: F1 focused on second US race, in contact with would-be Chinese promoters
Formula 1 chief executive and president, Stefano Domenicali, has said the motor-racing championship remains focused on adding a second race in the United States, with Indianapolis and Las Vegas entering…
Rasnov 2021 leaps into new Eurovision Sport contract with mixed gender event
The annual round of the Ski Jumping World Cup in Rasnov, Romania will introduce a mixed gender event for the first time as Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium…
Round-Up: Questions over trans-Tasman Super Rugby, Sri Lankan cricketers call for governance change, CSA warns on Tests future, and more
There are still question marks over whether this year's planned trans-Tasman Super Rugby competition can go ahead. The tournament is scheduled to start in May
IMG negotiates Barcelona Open compensation agreement
The IMG agency has negotiated an agreement to end its management of this year’s Barcelona Open, an ATP 500 clay-court tournament, to allow a new agreement with emerging tennis agency Tennium to take e…
Tapmad TV streaming widens net for Pakistan Super League coverage
The Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed a deal with streaming platform tapmad TV for rights to the 2021 Pakistan Super League Twenty20 competition in Australia, the Middle East and North Africa, along with…
Record LET schedule features new tournaments, increase in prize money
Golf’s Ladies European Tour (LET) has unveiled a record-breaking 2021 schedule featuring 27 events in 19 different countries, nine new tournaments and an increased prize fund of more than €19m ($23m).
Another top-tier property for Kenya’s Standard Group in Olympics deal with Infront
Kenyan media company The Standard Group has agreed a deal with the Infront agency for free-to-air broadcast rights to the postponed 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo
Relegation put on ice for rugby’s Premiership
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) Council has cast a “strong majority vote” in favour of no relegation from the Premiership or the second-tier Championship for the 2020-21 season, with further talks over lea…
FIS and IBU World Cups fall victim to stricter Covid rules in Norway
A number of winter sports events scheduled to be held in Norway have had to be cancelled or rescheduled after the country introduced stricter travel and event regulations in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic
Daytona 500 expecting largest US sporting attendance since onset of Covid-19 pandemic
Nascar is expecting to attract a crowd of around 30,000 fans to this weekend's season-opening Daytona 500, which would represent the largest attendance at a sporting event in the United States since the…
Australian Open switches to closed-door event as Victoria orders 5-day lockdown
The Australian Open tennis Grand Slam will switch to a closed-door event from Saturday (February 13) after the regional Victorian government ordered a snap five-day lockdown to combat an outbreak of the…
Barelli: European Aquatics Championships to go ahead in May
Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) president Paolo Barelli has today (Thursday) issued a statement declaring that the 2021 European Aquatics Championships will go ahead as planned in Budapest this May.
WRC Promoter wins World RX business after end of IMG era
WRC Promoter, the commercial arm of the FIA World Rally Championship, has added the FIA World Rallycross Championship to its portfolio in a deal with the International Automobile Federation (FIA)
Tiley encourages more rigorous Covid-19 measures for Olympics
Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley said he believes Tokyo Olympics organisers need tougher Covid-19 measures than those already announced, based on his experience running the Australian Open