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Multi-sport
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The organisers of Tokyo 2020 celebrated their six-months-to-go mark with a fireworks display in the city and a confident statement that "preparations for a successful Games are on schedule"
Mass Participation
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Staff at the European affiliate of Tough Mudder have returned to work today (Monday) after Michael Solomons and Andrew Pear of restructuring, recovery and insolvency specialists, BM Advisory LLP, were…
Basketball
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The coronavirus has begun to impact the sports industry with Olympic qualifying tournaments in football, boxing and basketball, as well as cycling and tennis events, among the competitions either rescheduled …
Motorsport
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The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has announced that the French city of Marseille, and the nearby Circuit Paul Ricard, will stage the second edition of its Motorsport Games from October 23-25
Tennis
Technology

Men’s tennis organisation the ATP Tour will debut an electronic review system at clay court tournaments, with Spanish technology company FoxTenn appointed to conduct the first trial.
Athletics
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World Athletics has finalised the schedule for the inaugural running of its Continental Tour with the addition of Nairobi, which will be the first African host city on this year’s calendar.
Golf
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The World Golf Group (WGG) organisation has unveiled plans for a new global tour encompassing an 18-event season offering a total prize purse of $240m (€217.7m).
Golf
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The Ladies European Tour (LET) has revealed that members will play for a combined prize fund of €18m in 2020 following the tour’s merger with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) – an incre…
American Football
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Miami will stage the Super Bowl this week for the first time in 10 years. Bob Williams looks at the measures officials are taking to ensure the city doesn't wait so long to host the prestigious event again.
Skateboarding
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Street League Skateboarding (SLS), the sport’s leading professional series, has announced its schedule for the 2020 season ahead of skateboarding’s Olympic debut in Tokyo this summer.
Snooker
Marketing

The World Snooker Tour revealed a new corporate identity and name at the start of this year as it marked ten years of ownership by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport. The rebrand is intended to see it towards another decade of international growth, with China, India and the Middle East on snooker's radar.
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China's General Administration of Sport has instructed the country's sports associations to consider cancelling upcoming events as far as April in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country,…
Winter Sports
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A report on Chinese winter sport consumption habits by the China Tourism Academy and online Chinese tour operator Ctrip has said the number of winter sports tourists during the 2018-19 season hit 224 million
Rugby Union
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Groupe Couleur has been appointed as exclusive global rights holder for the official travel programme of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, part of what local organisers in France claim will be an “innovative a…
Cycling
Sponsorship & Marketing

RideLondon has launched a search for a new headline sponsor after UK life insurance and financial services company Prudential, which has backed the mass participation cycling event since its formation…
Basketball
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The National Basketball Association's annual regular-season fixture in Europe will return to Paris in 2021, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has revealed
Pool
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The World 9-Ball Championship has returned to the Matchroom Sport stable after the agency acquired the rights in perpetuity to host the pool event from 2020, in what it claims is a groundbreaking agreement…
Events

The AFC is moving two Champions League matches from Iran to the United Arab Emirates due to security concerns