Governance

Football
Finance & Law

The German Football League (DFL) is coming under increasing pressure to hold another vote into its decision to take on private investment and potentially drop the plan altogether following another weekend…
Football
Finance & Law

LaLiga club FC Barcelona is to appeal to Spain's Supreme Court after being ordered to pay €23m ($24.8m) for non-payment of tax on remuneration paid to players' agents.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

South Africa Rugby is to establish a commercial vehicle to manage its media and sponsorship rights after striking an agreement with Ackerley Sports Group (ASG), a new unit of the US investment firm
Football
Governance

Aleksander Čeferin plans to step down as president of Uefa in 2027 despite the organisation’s annual Congress agreeing a rule change that would have allowed the Slovenian to stay on for an unprecedented fourth term.
Ice Hockey
Events

National Hockey League (NHL) players are set to return to the Winter Olympic Games for the first time since Sochi 2014 after a participation deal was struck covering the next two editions, while the League has further strengthened its commitment to national team play by launching a new tournament.
Motorsport
Governance

Andretti Cadillac's application to join Formula 1 in 2025 or 2026 was rejected by the organisation's management following concerns from the 10 existing F1 teams over the dilution of commercial revenues
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has signed a two-and-a-half-year extension to its shirt sponsorship deal with the Altrad Group, although the agreement includes a reciprocal ethics clause amid the ongoing probe into the company’s chairman, Mohed Altrad.
Ice Hockey
Governance

Smith Entertainment Group (SEG) has formally requested the National Hockey League to initiate an expansion process to bring a franchise to Utah
Football
Governance

Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has said that the European governing body was “right” to punish Manchester City by banning the English club from European competition after its investigators found that …
Football
Finance & Law

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is considering the sale of his majority stake in French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco and has engaged Raine Group to act as advisor in any sale
Formula 1
Events

Singapore’s Formula 1 Grand Prix is set to go ahead as planned after the resignation of former Transport Minister S. Iswaran, who is at the centre of a corruption case involving Ong Beng Seng, the chair of the race promoter.
Multiple Sports
Governance

Football writer and broadcaster Flo Lloyd-Hughes challenges the narrative around women's sport's boom and its bid to be commercially sustainable.
Football
Governance

The Australian Professional Leagues (APL), the governing body of the A-League Men and Women competitions, is set to cut as much as 50 per cent of its workforce, with its KeepUp media arm among the casualties,…
Football
Industry Moves

Silke Kuisle, former chief financial officer at OneFootball, has been named as director of corporate strategy at the German Football League (DFL)
Multi-sport
Media

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has significantly loosened its restrictions around athletes' use of social media during the Olympic Games following discussions with media rights-holders, albeit…
Basketball
Media

France’s importance to the NBA is growing with a media tie-up in the country among the latest initiatives off the back of an annual regular-season game and the success of French rookie Victor Wembanyama’s debut season.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Keith Pelley is to depart as CEO of the DP World Tour for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to become company's president and chief executive and is expected to be replaced by Ryder Cup director Guy Kinnings.
Football
Governance

Hans-Joachim Watzke, one of the most powerful figures in German football, is to step down as chief executive of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund by the end of 2025