Governance

Football
Governance

Women’s soccer is surfing a wave of fresh popularity during the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, but the US’s early exit from the tournament marks the start of a complex rebuild for America's top-tier domestic game as it prepares to run two concurrent division-one leagues from 2024.
Athletics
Governance

Sebastian Coe has been re-elected president of World Athletics, the sport's governing body, for a third and final term and despite his time in office having been dominated by reform and displays of strong…
Triathlon
Governance

The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced a new agreement with World Triathlon that will recognise the PTO Tour as the official World Championship tour of long-distance triathlon.
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

The commercial success of the upcoming Fiba Basketball World Cup in south-east Asia will ensure the sport’s governing body breaks even for the four-year cycle despite the devastating impact of the global p…
Gymnastics
Sponsorship & Marketing

USA Gymnastics has announced media and technology company Comcast as a sponsor of the governing body, with the Xfinity brand becoming the US Gymnastics Championships title sponsor through 2024
Football
Governance

The German Football League (DFL) has been urged to take a more hands-on approach to organising pre-season tours for top-flight clubs as part of wider internationalisation plans to enhance the commercial…
Cycling
Finance & Law

The International Cycling Union (UCI) expects to receive $26m (€23.7m) from its share of revenues from the Paris 2024 Olympics, up from the $24.4m received after Tokyo 2020.
Weightlifting
Governance

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has appointed Pedro Adrega as its new interim chief executive as the sport awaits a decision on whether or not it will be included on the programme for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

Clubs in Spain’s LaLiga have voted in favour of a new parameter to be included in the league’s ‘audience recognition’ criteria that will consider knowledge and awareness of a club among fans. LaL
US College Sport
Governance

The Pac-12, one of the Power Five conferences, has been left with just four teams after a series of re-alignments in college sports
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The World Anti-Doping Agency has appointed The Sports Consultancy to help find sponsors as it seeks to lessen its reliance on funding from the Olympic Movement and governments worldwide
Multi-sport
Events

Alberta is the latest Commonwealth Games bidder to pull out of possibly hosting the games, withdrawing from a 2030 bid involving the cities of Calgary and Edmonton because of estimated costs of up to C$2
Tennis
Finance & Law

TWG Global, the investment vehicle of US billionaire Mark Walter, has acquired a minority stake in a joint venture set up with the International Tennis Federation to commercialise the Billie Jean King…
Football
Governance

The Confederation of African Football opted for a slimmed-down, eight-team version of its proposed African Football League after expected funding from the Saudi Arabian Football Federation failed to materialise.
Football
Governance

Serie A club Juventus has been banned from the 2023-24 Uefa Europa Conference League for breaches of Uefa's financial fairplay (FFP) regulations while Premier League club Chelsea has been fined €10m f…
Motorsport
Governance

Formula 1 has opened up a suite of potential new commercial inventory via changes it has made to the structure of its all-female F1 Academy series
Boxing
Governance

The International Boxing Association (IBA) is refusing to back down in its battle to govern the sport, announcing today (Wednesday) that two major competitions will launch in 2024
Motorsport
Governance

Formula E is in the market for a 12th team to join its grid, but will be highly selective about the type of organisation that fills it, new chief executive Jeff Dodds has declared