Covid-19

Football
Media

The English Football League has agreed to pay domestic incumbent broadcaster Sky a £7m (€7.7m/$8.7m) rebate for the 2019-20 season disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is reported.
Football
Media

French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have attempted to secure a temporary repayment of around €18m ($20.3
Golf
Events

Golf’s Asian Tour has set out “conservative restart” plans for September, outlining its intention to resume its 2020 season with the Shinhan Donghae Open in Incheon, South Korea. T
Football
Sports Betting

All 51 games of the postponed Uefa European Championship are to be offered as a simulated reality betting product by sports data and content company Sportradar
Football
Events

Football in Vietnam returned this weekend to packed crowds as the Covid-19 threat in the country appears to have abated. In one of three opening V
Rugby Union
Events

New Zealand's Super Rugby Aotearoa (the Māori name for New Zealand) competition will kick off in front of crowds this weekend, after the country's government moved its Covid-19 warning to alert level …
Cricket
Events

Russian Grand Prix organisers Rosgonki said they are open to hosting back-to-back races in Sochi this season adding to the F1 calendar shortened due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Football
Events

The Canadian Premier League has signaled its intent to salvage its 2020 season in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic, but it remains unclear where a quarantined tournament would be staged
Football
Fan Engagement

SportBusiness speaks to Asian fan clubs of European football teams to see what they made of their favourite teams' efforts to keep them engaged during the pandemic.
Basketball
Governance

The eight National Basketball Association teams excluded from participating in the league's planned return to competition in Orlando, Florida, this summer are exploring different ways to remain active…
Golf
Events

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has approved a plan to allow a limited number of spectators to attend the PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament next month
Finance & Law

Around two-thirds of Switzerland-based international federations have taken advantage of the government loans being offered to ease their cash-flow problems during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Francesco…
Football
Governance

The French and Italian football federations (FFF and FICG) have both announced the creation of financial support packages intended to support lower-league, women’s and amateur football in their respective c…
Football
Finance & Law

Tottenham Hotspur has announced that it will borrow £175m ($220m/€195m) from the Bank of England as it looks to mitigate the medium-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rugby Union
Events

An unprecedented home-and-away format for rugby union’s Six Nations must be a one-off, should the format end up being approved, according to Bill Sweeney, the Rugby Football Union chief executive.
Multi-sport
Events

Toshiaki Endo, a vice-president of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee, has said it is still too early to discuss whether to go ahead with the postponed games
Table Tennis
Events

The International Table Tennis Federation has asked organisers of this year’s Hana Bank World Team Table Tennis championships in Busan, South Korea to look for a new date in 2021.
Motorsport
Events

The W Series, the all-female motor-racing championship, will not stage on-track races until 2021 due to ongoing difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic