Events

Sailing
Events

The Danish city of Aarhus will replace the country’s capital city Copenhagen on SailGP’s 2021 season.
Table Tennis
Events

World Table Tennis is running an event in Macau on November 25-29 to showcase some of the features of its upcoming revamp of International Table Tennis Federation competitions
Winter Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Infront agency has agreed a four-year extension to its deal to exclusively market sponsorship rights to the Four Hills Tournament, ski jumping’s showpiece otherwise known as the Vierschanzentournee.
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

Bellator has announced it will be the first mixed martial arts  promotion to hold a major event in France, with Accor Arena set to host Bellator Paris on October 10.
Events

Migu, the entertainment streaming platform of Chinese mobile network China Mobile, agreed a sublicensing deal with streaming platform iQiyi Sports for coverage of the Spanish LaLiga during the 2020-21…
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation Champions League is to restart later today, after a six-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with West Zone matches played in Qatar
Rugby Union
Events

USA Rugby is taking the first official steps towards a likely bid to host the Rugby World Cup by conducting and financing a feasibility study to explore the operational and financial capabilities of hosting…
Football
Events

The Premier League has written to the UK government today to express its concerns with the latest restrictions placed on the return of fans to live sporting events in the country
Events

Formula 1 was among the big winners at the 2020 Sports Technology Awards, taking the trophy in two categories for its innovative use of esports to engage fans, and marking its outstanding work to gain…
Industry Moves

Koji Murofushi, the sports director of Tokyo’s summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, has left the organising committee to take up a new role as commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency.
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the body which oversees the Rugby Championship, has announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament will be played in Australia in November and December this year
Basketball
Events

Governing body says there are no plans to deviate from current format
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation has cancelled the remainder of this year’s AFC Cup, Asia’s second-tier continental club football tournament, due to the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Badminton
Events

Seven-times MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has dismissed speculation he will be retiring from the sport at the end of the season, saying he is on the verge of signing a new deal with Malaysian-based team…
American Football
Media

First NFL game of season faces ratings competition, soft ticket sales
Events

A coalition of 160 human rights groups have written a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee calling on it to revoke its decision to award Beijing the 2022 Winter Olympics because of China’s h…
Basketball
Events

Idea would expand national tournaments to nearly 350 schools
Events

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said “important and intensive discussions” will take place in the coming weeks over Covid-19 countermeasures for Tokyo’s summer Olympic Games…