Covid-19
Queensland to host remainder of Rugby Championship
An agreement has been reached between the members of the Sanzaar rugby grouping to host the remaining matches of this year's Rugby Championship in Queensland, Australia
South Africa makes Rugby Championship offer
SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has offered to host the remainder of the 2021 Rugby Championship following the cancellation of fixtures in New Zealand
Raiders become first NFL team to mandate fan vaccines
Franchise lays out new policy as fans at last attend Allegiant Stadium
Vivid Seats earnings jump sharply with return of live events
Ticket marketplace dramatically reverses prior, pandemic-fueled losses
Disney’s NBA Experience to permanently close
The National Basketball Association's NBA Experience indoor attraction at the Walt Disney World theme park complex in Orlando, Florida, will shut permanently after being forced to close its doors amid…
Kathryn Rhodes | Tokyo 2020 fulfilled the new Olympic motto and united the world
Despite the challenges, Tokyo 2020 delivered on the Olympic promise of uniting people around the world through sport, says Kathryn Rhodes associate director, business development, at CSM Asia.
SportAccord summit postponed to 2022
The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit due to be held in Ekaterinburg, Russia in November this year has been rescheduled for 15-20 May, 2022
Organisers take ‘very difficult decision’ to postpone RLWC to 2022
This year's Rugby League World Cup in England has been postponed to 2022, following the earlier withdrawal of the Australia and New Zealand teams
Fortinet to sponsor Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup rescheduled
New Zealand Rugby has signed cyber security solutions company Fortinet as the naming rights sponsor of this year’s Rugby Championship as plans were confirmed to reshuffle the Bledisloe Cup series between t…
England’s Bangladesh cricket tour postponed, freeing players for IPL
An England cricket tour of Bangladesh scheduled for September and October has been postponed, while a South Africa tour of Sri Lanka in September has been confirmed, as boards continue to work their way…
FIGC calls for suspension of betting sponsorship ban in financial relief plan
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has called for the government ban on domestic betting sponsorships to be suspended as part of a raft of measures to lighten the financial burden on football clubs…
JPMorgan among four underwriters supporting Juventus capital increase
Italian Serie A football club Juventus has signed a pre-underwriting agreement with a group of four Italian and international banks to support its planned capital increase of up to €400m ($475.6m).
Deloitte European football study: Covid sparked 13-per-cent market contraction
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the European football market contracting 13 per cent to overall revenues of €25.2bn ($29.9
Spectators appear at Olympics in small numbers
Modest numbers of fans have been attending events at the Tokyo Olympics, taking advantage of official and unofficial gaps in the broader spectator ban
BCCI confirms September restart for Indian Premier League
The suspended 2021 season of the Indian Premier League will restart in the United Arab Emirates on September 19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has said
UCI says small Covid-related loss ‘far beyond expectations’
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has said its reporting of a net loss of CHF1.05m (€965,000/$1.1
NFL warns that virus outbreaks could lead to team forfeits
Goodell lays out severe set of competitive and financial penalties in latest memo
Australia, New Zealand pull out of Rugby League World Cup
Australia and New Zealand have today (Thursday) withdrawn from the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, citing player welfare and safety concerns amid the “stark differences” in how Covid-19 is being handled in …