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Pascal Fratellia, the European Broadcasting Union’s director of Olympics and head of football rights for close to 15 years, is leaving the free-to-air broadcasting consortium.

World Athletics has stood firm on its decision to remunerate gold medallists at the Olympic Games in the wake of strong criticism from rival international federations, the latest coming today (Friday)…

World Athletics and its president Sebastian Coe is facing criticism from fellow international federations for the way it handled last week's announcement that it will be ringfencing a share of its Olympic revenues to reward gold medal winners at the forthcoming Games in Paris.

The organisers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games have lost one major sponsor but gained another as the domestic sponsorship programme charts an unpredictable course to its revenue target of $2.5bn (€2.35bn).

The proposal of a curtailed budget of between £130m and £150m for a 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with £100m offset by the CGF, could serve as a blueprint to help attract hosts for future editions.

Scottish authorities are engaged in talks over Glasgow staging the 2026 Commonwealth Games, 12 years on from playing host, as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) bids to finally nail down a city or region to rescue the event.

Hong Kong’s government has gone back on a promise to steer clear of the country's media rights market, stepping in to acquire exclusive rights to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) continues to have discussions over the final total of Paris 2024 revenues they will receive, talks that the body concedes are “not e…

World Athletics has taken the unprecedented step of ringfencing a share of its Olympic revenues to reward gold medal winners at the Games

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) claims it has received “multiple proposals” to stage its flagship event in 2026 and hopes to announce a host as early as next month.

The Paris 2024 host broadcast will feature automated production of highlights from 14 sports, 3D replays in certain disciplines for the first time and an opening ceremony dubbed the “largest live broadcast production ever”.

Istanbul will host the fourth edition of the multi-sport European Games in 2027 having pledged that no additional construction will be needed beyond existing venues or those already being planned for the…

The Commonwealth Games will not be heading to Malaysia in 2026, after the Southeast Asian country's government rejected a hosting offer, citing costs.

Eric Saintrond is to step down as secretary general of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) at the end of this year after close to 40 years at the organisation, the Belgian executive announced…

The venue infrastructure plan for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is set for a significant overhaul after the Queensland Government elected to scrap a planned major redevelopment of the Gabba and reject a review committee’s recommendation to build a new “world class stadium”.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia said it has been offered the chance to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) pledging £100m (€117.6m/$128.5m) to support such an undertaking.