Industry Moves
Industry Moves

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky’s head of sports-rights acquisitions, Richard Verow, has left the company. He decided to leave to pursue another opportunity, Sky told SportBusiness Media on Tuesday.
American Football
Governance

Brittany Bowlen, the daughter of late Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, has taken the "next step" to become principal owner of the National Football League team by assuming the role of Broncos' vice president…
Tennis
Industry Moves

Massimo Calvelli, senior sports marketing director at Nike, is set to take over the chief executive role at the Association of Tennis Professionals, according to reports
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

The British & Irish Lions has appointed the Rugby Football Union’s Tom Halsey as commercial director, as preparations step up for the 2021 tour to South Africa.
Industry Moves

Carsten Schmidt, chief executive of Sky Deutschland, is to leave his position at the end of this year and will be replaced by a Devesh Raj, a former executive at Comcast, the US-based media giant that…
Rugby League
Industry Moves

Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine has named Brent Williams as its new director of sport
Golf
Industry Moves

Mike Whan has signed a long-term extension to remain commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. The length and terms of the deal have not been disclosed
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Veteran TV executive Molly Solomon will lead NBC’s Olympics coverage, starting with the 2020 Tokyo Games, after being promoted to executive president and producer of the network’s Olympics unit. T
Boxing
Governance

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has enlisted the services of prominent sports lawyer François Carrard to aid its reform process, while it has decided to postpone its extraordinary congress …
Industry Moves

The IOC has announced Finnish Olympian and IOC member Sari Essayah will chair the coordination commission for the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics in 2026
Football
Industry Moves

Former adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer has been confirmed as the new president of Bayern Munich after he secured an overwhelming majority of votes at the Bundesliga club's Annual General Meeting
Football
Industry Moves

The World Leagues Forum (WLF), a group representing professional football leagues from across the world, has named Liga MX president Enrique Bonilla as its new chairman
Industry Moves

The IMG agency has announced changes at the top of its media and events operations, including the promotion of Adam Kelly to co-president of ‘IMG Media & Events’ as Ioris Francini, currently president of …
Football
Industry Moves

FC Diez Media, the joint venture established by the IMG agency and digital media company DAZN Group to sell rights to the Conmebol club competitions, has named Felipe Soalheiro as sponsorship sales director
Basketball
Industry Moves

Fiba Media, the joint venture between sports media company DAZN Group and Fiba, basketball’s international federation, has a new managing director with Andrew Ryan leaving his role at the International O…
Basketball
Industry Moves

Former Turner president David Levy has stepped down from his roles as Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center chief executive after just 55 days in charge
Football
Industry Moves

Onefootball, the digital platform offering pay-per-view streaming of football, has added to its sales team with the recruitment of Edward Desbois in the role of head of UK sales
Industry Moves

Sanjay Gupta has left his position as managing director of pay-television broadcaster Star India and the Indian division of its parent company Disney to take up a new role at internet firm Google