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Multi-sport
Governance

Vincenzo Novari has been announced as the chief executive of the 2026 winter Olympic Games, which will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy.
Football
Events

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has opted to move the final of this year’s Copa Libertadores club competition from Santiago in Chile to the Peruvian capital of Lima.
Football
Governance

Seven-team competition is first professional soccer league in Canada since 1992 Clubs have averaged 4,300 fans a game but OneSoccer digital ratings not made public
Cricket
Events

The organisers of the European Cricket League have expanded the competition to include five new teams for its second season, which will take place from May 31 to June 7, 2020
Wrestling
Events

World Wrestling Entertainment has signed an expanded events agreement with the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, guaranteeing a second annual large-scale wrestling event in the country until 2027
Football
Events

Lega Serie A, the top division of Italian club football, has announced that it will return to Saudi Arabia to stage this year’s edition of its Supercoppa Italiana.
Football
Business

A new Asean Club Championship football tournament is to launch in 2020 after being endorsed by the Asian Football Confederation and Fifa
Events

Swiss company Daimani has launched what it claims is the first global online platform dedicated to VIP hospitality products for sports, music and cultural events
Football
Events

Luigi De Siervo, chief executive of Serie A, has suggested the Italian league could try to play an official game abroad, if Fifa and Uefa change their rules regarding such fixtures
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby has announced it will return to a dual award strategy for the hosting rights to the 2027 and 2031 World Cups, with a similar approach of pairing established and emerging rugby nations likely…
Winter Sports
Events

Finland has been awarded hosting rights to the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM’s) Snowcross (SNX) World Championship, Women’s World Cup and Snowcross European Championship in 2020. T
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that South Korea will host the inaugural edition of its Women’s Club Championship.
Rugby Union
Events

ITV, the UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster, claimed the most-watched television moment of the year for England’s 32-12 defeat to South Africa in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final.
Tennis
Media

The Federal Court of Australia has today (Monday) opened a civil trial against former Tennis Australia directors Harold Mitchell and Steve Healy, with the court hearing that the former impeded rival bids…
Tennis
Media

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a two-year deal with the International Tennis Federation for rights to the Davis Cup finals in six of its markets
Events

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Rugby League
Events

Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) has named Stephen Brown as its permanent chief operating officer and made four new staff appointments in preparation for the event in England in 2021
Sailing
Events

World Sailing, the sport’s international governing body, and Emirates Team New Zealand, the defender of the America’s Cup, have announced a sanctioning agreement for the 2021 edition in Auckland.