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Basketball
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The city of Athens has been awarded the hosting rights to the Basketball Champions League Final Eight
Rugby Union
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Format changes implemented to the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) include elements that the organising body is looking to introduce during the next commercial…
Table Tennis
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The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed that the German city of Düsseldorf and Durban in South Africa will contest hosting rights for the 2023 edition of its World Championships.
Cricket
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London-based investor Lindsell Train has increased stakes in sports and entertainment companies including Manchester United, Disney and World Wrestling Entertainment - Financial Times
Football
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United States-based international soccer promoters Relevent Sports has been given a rare boost in its repeated attempts to stage official international league matches on US soil.
Rugby Union
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World Rugby Sevens events scheduled for Australia and New Zealand in January 2021 have been cancelled
Basketball
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The Korean Basketball League has been forced to postpone its planned 2019-20 season decider due to a second Covid-19 outbreak, with the October start of the 2020-21 season also under threat
Finance & Law

The sports shutdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 75-per-cent fall in second-quarter revenues at Wanda Sports Group, the owner of the Infront agency, among other interests in sport
Athletics
Esports

The Tokyo Olympic flame went on display at the Japanese Olympic Museum next to the National Stadium, the main venue for next year's Games
Rugby Union
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Sanzaar chief executive Andy Marinos has conceded that Super Rugby overreached when it expanded its number of teams and launched a conference structure
Tennis
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The US Open was hit by a potentially devastating positive Covid-19 test among its participants on the eve of the grand slam tennis tournament in New York, with France's Benoît Paire reportedly removed f…
Rugby Union
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South Africa's rugby union team is being lined up as a replacement for Japan in the expanded Six Nations tournament in Europe later this year
Cricket
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Twelve members of the Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League team have tested positive for Covid-19, prompting its star batsman Suresh Raina to fly home to India and causing jitters ahead of the league's…
Australian Rules Football
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The English Premier League allowed 2,500 supporters to attend a friendly between Brighton and Chelsea in a test of Covid-19 measures - AFP/CNA
Cricket
Media

Cricket Australia said it will deliver a full schedule of matches this summer using bio-secure hubs to limit Covid-19 risks but has yet to verify a schedule, while rights-holding broadcaster Seven Network…
Basketball
Industry Moves

Basketball Australia have appointed Melissa King as chief executive of the local organising committee for the 2022 Fiba Women’s Basketball World Cup.
Events

The 2021 Hong Kong Marathon has been postponed. The race was due to take place on January 24
Rugby Union
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Japan may be forced out of an expanded eight-nation tournament held later this year as its New Zealand-based head coach is barred from entering the country due to Covid-19 travel restrictions