Events
Media

Eurosport, the Discovery-owned sports broadcaster, has acquired pay-television rights in France for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus and public-service…
Events

The women's marathon and all race walking events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been rescheduled following their move from Tokyo to Sapporo
Football
Media

Uefa has unveiled plans to centralise all media rights from the group stage onwards in a revamped Women’s Champions League from the 2021-22 season onwards.
Martial Arts
Events

Five sports are set to be added to the programme for the 2022 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, after the International Olympic Committee Executive Board approved the inclusions of breakdancing, karate,…
Winter Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have adopted a less-is-more approach to their domestic sponsorship programme. Zhang Dan reports on their progress in becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter Games.
Events

The 14-race, all-electric Formula E series will have full world championship status from the start of the 2020-21 season, after approval by the world governing body for motorsport, the Federation Internationale…
Triathlon
Governance

After an executive board meeting in Madrid earlier this week, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced a new competition to be added to its calendar named the Sprint and Team World Championships,…
Golf
Events

US golfer Tiger Woods has revealed he turned down a $3m appearance fee to play at the controversial Saudi International tournament on the European Tour early next year
Events

Organisers of the ongoing Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines were forced to suspend almost half the events scheduled for yesterday (Tuesday), due to Typhoon Kammuri
Sailing
Events

The Sailing Champions League and the National Sailing League have launched the ‘Sailing Champions League – Asia Pacific’ concept following the success of the competition in Europe. T
Triathlon
Events

The first-ever Ironman race is to be held in Russia, it was announced today (Tuesday), with St. Petersburg to stage an Ironman 70.3 race on July 19, 2020
Fencing
Events

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has awarded Egypt hosting rights for the 2021 edition of its Senior World Championships
Action Sports
Events

Nitro Circus, the world’s largest action sports brand, has appointed London-based The Sports Consultancy to work on the host city selection process for its proposed slate of worldwide live events. 
Events

Olympic Council of Asia vice-president Wei Jizhong said he was "very impressed" by how the Philippines are hosting the ongoing SEA Games, and suggested they should consider bidding for "bigger events"…
Swimming
Events

The Ligue Européenne de Natation [LEN], the governing body for aquatics in Europe, has confirmed that Rome has been selected to host the 2022 European Aquatics Championships and reiterated its intention …
Multi-sport
Events

The organising committee for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is considering staging the event’s surfing competitions on the Pacific island of Tahiti.
Events

Ekaterinburg in Russia has been announced as the host city of the 2021 edition of the World Sport & Business Summit as the country awaits a decision on a potential ban from staging competitions over a…
Governance

Following the Asian Football Confederation's annual executive committee meeting in Hong Kong yesterday (Sunday), the AFC announced plans to appoint hosts for the 2027 Asian Cup "as soon as possible" to…