Governance
Thai FA president won’t stand in way of League 1 commercial breakaway
Somyot Poompunmuang, president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), has said he is open, in principle, to the idea of Thai League 1 clubs breaking away from the national governing body to establish…
Premier Hockey Federation bought by PWHPA backers
North American women's hockey league, the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), has been purchased by the Mark Walter Group and Billie Jean King Enterprises, who entered into a formal partnership with the Professional…
UCI president Lappartient elected to top job at French Olympic Committee
David Lappartient, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has been elected as the new president of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) until 2025
NBA sets out plans for new tournament after CBA sign-off
The National Basketball Association has shed further light on the creation of an annual in-season tournament following the official signing of the league’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
Canada Soccer mulls bankruptcy protection, CSB rights deal under renegotiation
Canada Soccer, the country's governing soccer body, is facing financial difficulties that may result in filing for bankruptcy protection
PIF among potential investors in ATP talks, Gaudenzi re-elected to 2026
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) chairman Andrea Gaudenzi says “positive” talks have been held with potential investors including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and various priva…
First 32-team Club World Cup heads to US in 2025
The United States has been chosen by world governing body Fifa as the first host of the expanded 32-team Club World Cup in 2025
Shakhtar boss: Fifa, IOC are punishing Ukraine for Russian invasion
Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin, one of Ukraine's most outspoken sports administrators on the Russian invasion, has slammed the approaches taken by two of global sport’s biggest organisations, claiming t…
Chelsea owner kickstarts multi-club ownership project with RC Strasbourg deal
BlueCo, the parent company of Chelsea FC, has reached an agreement to buy a majority stake in French Ligue 1 club RC Strasbourg as the Premier League club takes a first step in building a multi-club network
Gosper: Hosting demand exceeds supply for NFL European games
The National Football League is building a network of stadia and cities across western Europe that would facilitate a substantial increase in the number of regular-season games played on the continent…
QIA ‘set to buy stake’ in Washington NBA, NHL, WNBA teams
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the Middle Eastern country's sovereign wealth fund, is poised to invest in a five-per-cent stake in Monumental Sports and Entertainment, the parent company of the National…
IBA expelled by IOC, Bach calls out Ukrainian government
International Olympic Committee members today (Thursday) voted overwhelmingly in favour of excluding the International Boxing Association (IBA) from the Olympic Movement, following four years of governance…
Monahan, Al-Rumayyan and Norman called to Senate hearing on LIV merger
Two senior US senators have called on PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to testify at a hearing next month into…
ANOC ‘has Indonesia’s assurances’ over Israeli participation in World Beach Games
The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has insisted it has the necessary guarantees in place that athletes from all countries will be permitted to enter Indonesia to compete in the forthcoming…
IMG Media’s Whelan joins Scottish Rugby board
Scottish Rugby has appointed Alexandra Whelan, a broadcast executive at the IMG agency, to a non-executive director role.
Whelan joins the board of Scottish Rugby Limited
IOC v IBA takes new twist as Kremlev accused of ‘violent, threatening’ behaviour
The International Olympic Committee has hit out at the "violent and threatening" language directed at some of its members by Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association, as relations…
Imperilled IBA removes secretary general Yerolimpos
The International Boxing Association has removed its secretary general George Yerolimpos in the wake of the International Olympic Committee’s move to recommend the permanent exclusion of the governing b…
WNBA allows team charter flights after Griner airport incident
The Women's National Basketball Association has allowed Phoenix Mercury to fly on a public chartering service after star player Brittney Griner was harassed while the team travelled commercially through…