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Round-Up: Insurers remove pandemic cover, K League fans plan, three-team cricket format go-ahead, and more
Insurance companies are removing or ramping up the cost of pandemic insurance for sports events - CNA/Reuters
South Korean football's K League hopes to have fans back in stadiums from July 10 - Yonhap
Six FC Dallas players test positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Orlando
Six FC Dallas players have officially tested positive for the Covid-19 virus since arriving in Orlando, Florida, for Major League Soccer's MLS Is Back Tournament
IOC underlines continued financial backing as Lausanne YOG to net CHF400,000 surplus
The Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games expect to record a surplus of CHF400,000 (€376,000/$423,200) after generating income of CHF37.7m in cash and CHF10.8m in value in kind.
NHL shifts focus to Toronto, Edmonton as hub cities
The National Hockey League is expected to choose the Canadian markets of Edmonton and Toronto as its two hub cities in the league's 24-team, return-to-play plan in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
RPM-MKTG ‘seals extension’ to Barcelona Marathon contract
The RPM-MKTG agency is expected to extend its contract to organise and market the Barcelona Marathon and Half Marathon
Matchroom Multi Sport becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Matchroom Sport
Events promotion company Matchroom Sport has announced that Matchroom Multi Sport has today been spun off to become its own wholly-owned subsidiary
CAF postpones Cameroon’s Cup of Nations, appoints commercial director
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed its 2021 Africa Cup of Nations by a year and cancelled this year’s women’s tournament, while Ali Aïssaoui has been appointed as the body’s commer…
Qatar and Saudi Arabia face off again in 2027 Asian Cup bid race
The Asian Football Confederation has announced the five bidders for its 2027 Asian Cup, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar against set to face each other in another bidding race
AFF names Warrix as Suzuki Cup 2020 match ball and kit supplier
Sports apparel brand Warrix has been appointed the official football supplier of the 2020 Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup
Chinese Super League season finally gets green light
The Chinese Football Association has announced the 2020 China Ping An Super League will start on July 25
Cricket Beyond Covid | Connor, Gould and McCrum on the postponement of The Hundred
In part 2 of our cricket roundtable interview with Clare Connor, managing director of Women's cricket at the ECB, Jake Lush McCrum, chief operations officer for the Rajasthan Royals and Richard Gould,…
Formula 1 season ready to start under strict Covid-19 controls
Austria will host the first behind-closed-doors Formula 1 race of the 2020 season this weekend with stringent health and safety protocols in place
Round-Up: Afcon postponed, TrueVisions threatens FAT, Adidas and Puma join #StopHateForProfit, and more
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon has been pushed back to 2022 due to Covid-19
Japan and Fiji ‘invited to special, expanded Six Nations’
Japan and Fiji have been invited to join an expanded Six Nations international rugby tournament being proposed to take place this November and December
NWSL Challenge Cup opener is most-watched game in league history
The opening game of the National Women's Soccer League Challenge Cup was the most-watched match in league history, with an average of 572,000 viewers on the main CBS television network
World Rugby cancels remainder of 2019-20 Sevens Series
World Rugby, the global governing body for rugby union, has announced that the remainder of the 2019-20 World Sevens Series has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with New Zealand awarded the…
ASO and Zwift to offer Virtual Tour de France
Amaury Sports Organisation has teamed up with online cycling platform Zwift to launch the first-ever Virtual Tour de France, with professional races taking place in both men’s and women’s classifications.
Jon Tibbs: Olympic federations proving adept at imagining the new normal
Jon Tibbs, founder and chairman of sports communications agency, Jon Tibbs Associates, thinks some of the good habits and innovative thinking Olympic federations have adopted during the Covid-19 lockdown could endure long after the crisis.