Covid-19

Ice Hockey
Events

The National Hockey League has canceled its 2019-20 regular season and will go straight into an expanded 24-team playoff format if it is able to resume play amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, NHL commissioner…
Football
Finance & Law

The Chinese Football Association has disqualified 11 teams from professional competition this year as part of its ongoing crackdown on financial mismanagement
Basketball
Events

New Zealand's National Basketball League has launched a direct-to-consumer global streaming service that will allow viewers outside of the country to pay to watch coverage of the competition
Baseball
Governance

Latest proposal from team owners is not well received by the union
Tennis
Governance

World TeamTennis plans to become one of the first major North American sports organizations to return to live competition in front of spectators amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Cycling
Events

ESPN is partnering with US exercise equipment and media company Peloton to stage a virtual indoor cycling race featuring athletes and celebrities from across the sports landscape to benefit Covid-19 relief …
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster GolTV has committed to fulfilling its rights payments to clubs in Ecuadorian football’s top-tier Serie A.
Winter Sports
Events

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has said it will “carefully consider” a proposal from the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) and its Cortina 2021 Local Organising Committee (LOC) to delay nex…
Tennis
Events

Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has teamed up with US-based tennis talent agency Topnotch Management (TNM) to create the Grand Slam Tennis Tours MatchPlay 120 series, a new tournament f…
Football
Events

Italy’s Sports Minister, Vincenzo Spadafora, has returned to the topic of free access to Serie A broadcast coverage by proposing that a similar system be employed for the return of domestic club football a…
Events

Hamilton looks likely to table a bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games after the Commonwealth Games Federation encouraged it to bring its candidacy forward
Football
Events

As the end of May approaches and the Premier League continues to work on ‘Project Restart’, Adam Nelson examines the legal issues facing English football’s operating bodies as they push for football’s return.
Football
Events

LaLiga is planning the resumption of the top division of Spanish club football with the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis on June 11 after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the league would …
Horse Racing
Sponsorship & Marketing

Irish horse racing’s biggest sponsor, the Irish European Breeders’ Fund (EBF), will increase its race prize-money contribution to €2.5m ($2.7m) f
Multi-sport
Governance

Certain international athletes have been allowed to take part in sporting competition in the United States in the coming weeks amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Basketball
Events

After weeks of speculation, the National Basketball Association has confirmed it is officially in exploratory talks with the Walt Disney Company about resuming its season at the ESPN Wide World of Sports…
Golf
Media

The sequel of "The Match" between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson was a ratings hit in the United States over the weekend, attracting an average of 5.8m viewers across four Turner Sports networks
Media

Len Blavatnik, the Ukraine-born billionaire who owns DAZN, is looking for investors to help shore up the sports streaming service's finances during the Covid-19 downturn, according to the Financial Times