Multi-sport
IOC partners with Fanatics to launch global online store
The International Olympic Committee has launched a new global online store as part of an agreement with specialist sports retailer Fanatics which will for the first time make its licensed and branded merchandise…
Tickets for Munich’s European Championships priced from €10
Tickets have gone on sale for next year’s edition of the European Championships multi-sport event in the German city of Munich.
SABC signs African editorial content deal with APO Group
Communications company APO Group has signed a multi-year agreement with the SABC to provide South Africa’s public-service broadcaster with a range of editorial sports content from across Africa.
Sport’s human rights procedures a ‘black box’ with no transparency, campaigners say
Over the last five years, sport’s major governing bodies have integrated human rights into their decision-making processes. But for human rights campaigners, there is a lack of transparency around these processes which makes it impossible to assess how they are being applied, or indeed if they are being adhered to at all. Frank Dunne reports.
Beijing 2022 pandemic playbooks published as China fights fresh outbreak
Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have published first editions of 'playbooks' detailing measures to combat the Covid-19 threat at the Games
Indonesia lined up for 2023 World Beach Games
Indonesia is in line to stage the second edition of the World Beach Games in 2023, following an announcement from the Association of National Olympic Committees
Machine learning: What should a sports AI project look like?
A panel of AI experts attempted to demystify machine learning at a recent session of the ‘Access Innovation’ coaching series. Rebecca Hopkins summarises the takeaways from the event.
Brisbane 2032 spending ‘to exceed A$5bn estimate’
Australia's sports minister Richard Colbeck has said spending on Brisbane's Summer Olympics in 2032 is likely to exceed the A$5bn ($3.75bn/€3.2bn) original estimate.
Vietnam’s SEA Games to be held in May 2022
This year's postponed Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam will now be held in May next year
Football match-fixing down in 2020 despite Covid risks, says Stats Perform report
Match fixing in professional football declined for the third consecutive year in 2020, despite the increased risks created by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study carried out by Stats Perform…
Paris 2024 agrees sponsorship deal with athlete caterer Sodexo
The organising committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has agreed a sponsorship deal with catering company Sodexo, building on a pre-existing catering contract with the company
Sportfive to sell media and sponsorship rights to African Games
The Sportfive agency has been awarded global media and sponsorship rights to the next two editions of the African Games multi-sport event
Birmingham 2022 selects Hewlett Packard Enterprise for network services
The organisers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have agreed a sponsorship deal with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
IOC searches for head of virtual sports to lead gaming initiatives
The International Olympic Committee is looking to recruit a head of virtual sports to lead its efforts to develop virtual derivatives of Olympic sports and even consider their inclusion on the Olympic…
Mixed approach for Beijing 2022 coverage in India, IOC’s European ITT on horizon
Coverage of Beijing’s 2022 winter Olympics in India and across the Indian subcontinent looks set to be split across broadcasters’ linear and digital platforms, along with the International Olympic Com…
Johan Junker | Facebook outage is a warning to rights-holders to build their O&O
Last week’s Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram issues emphasise why it is important for sports rights-holders to develop audiences on owned-and-operated platforms, argues Johan Junker, chief executive and co-founder of fan development platform Antourage
TVP sublicenses Beijing 2022 rights from Discovery
Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has sublicensed rights to the upcoming Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing from Discovery
Seven retains Commonwealth Games rights in exclusive deal
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired exclusive media rights to the XXII Commonwealth Games, which will take place in Birmingham next year from July 28 to August 8