Governance

Football
Industry Moves

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has appointed former Real Madrid executive Ramón Plaza Bautista as commercial and business development manager.
Multi-sport
Events

Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has sought to accelerate a decision from the Scottish government over Glasgow hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, claiming it would be “short-sighted” to turn down the…
Football
Governance

Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has acknowledged that too many matches are being played by Europe's leading teams, but defended the new format of the expanded Champions League group stage as a necessary …
American Football
Finance & Law

The National Football League (NFL) has become the last US major sports league to allow private equity investment after its owners voted for a rule change that could see up to $12bn (€10.77bn) of new funds invested in the league.
Cricket
Media

Disney Star is attempting to reduce its $3bn (€2.7bn) rights fee obligations to the ICC, which itself is likely to see current BCCI secretary Jay Shah take over as chair, SportBusiness understands.
Cricket
Governance

Sanjog Gupta and Tom Harrison are among a group of luminaries aiming to fix a global cricket calendar described as “broken and unsustainable” in a statement by the sport's global player body, the World Cricketers' Association.
Cricket
Governance

As the West Indies took to the field in Guyana today for the start of the second Test against South Africa, they did so with unbranded shirts: a microcosm of cricket’s challenges in the Caribbean.
Football
Governance

Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) has taken over formal ownership of the top two tiers of English women's club football from the Football Association, with an all-female leadership team and f…
Multi-sport
Governance

Record revenues, youth-skewed sports, the end of expensive bid races and the 'Russia' debate: Thomas Bach's legacy has been set in stone after announcing his time as IOC president will end next year.
Rugby Union
Governance

South Africa Rugby has detailed plans to launch a new women’s club competition with up to 150 centrally-contracted players, with the league potentially debuting as early as next year.
Rugby League
Governance

The National Rugby League will be confident of securing an uplift in broadcast and commercial revenues in the next cycle, after it emerged an 18th franchise spot has been awarded to Western Australia.
Basketball
Governance

Euroleague Basketball and IMG are entering a crucial period of discussions with just two seasons remaining in their 10-year contract, and as the rights-holder eyes greater control over its commercial returns.
Football
Finance & Law

The battle for control of football’s international match calendar has intensified after European Leagues and Fifpro Europe announced legal action against Fifa, accusing the world body of repeatedly favouring its own competitions and commercial interests.
Cricket
Governance

The International Cricket Council has given USA Cricket a year to put its house in order and will review the recent T20 World Cup co-hosted by the United States and West Indies.
Football
Governance

Argentina's government has issued a resolution that would allow private investment in football clubs, a move that would conflict with the statutes of the Argentinian Football Association (AFA).
Football
Media

The majority of French clubs have sought to calm the rhetoric emerging from some counterparts in response to the heavily criticised Ligue 1 rights sales as ructions begin to emerge with private equity investor CVC.
American Football
Finance & Law

The National Football League is set to allow each of its 32 franchises to sell to private equity investors, albeit up to a limit of 10 per cent only, commissioner Roger Goodell has declared
Boxing
Events

World Series of Boxing (WSB), the country-based franchise competition that collapsed in 2019 due to mounting financial losses, is to be resurrected next year