As part of a new series of video interviews with senior industry figures, Andy Korman, partner at The Sports Consultancy Legal, speaks to SportBusiness Sponsorship editor Matthew Glendinning about the contractual disruption caused by delays and postponements in European football.
Our latest on Covid-19
Premier League and Sky ‘agree deferral of £170m rights rebate’
The English Premier League is said to have secured an agreement with its domestic rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster Sky, meaning clubs will be able to defer the payment of a collective rebate worth…
Pay dispute looms as Cricket Australia revenue forecast falls 48 per cent
Cricket Australia has produced a revised forecast for its 2020-21 revenue with a 48-per-cent drop on the pre-Covid-19 figure of A$461m ($317m/€283m). The new forecasted revenue is A$239.7m.
Lower league football | Exeter City’s turbulent past equips it to cope with Covid-19 crisis
English lower league club Exeter City's personal commitment to commercial partners has put the club on solid ground during the Covid-19 crisis. Callum McCarthy speak to club chairman Julian Tagg about the club's journey thus far and the hard road ahead.
Virtual cuppas and food bank donations: How football clubs are supporting communities during lockdown
Adam Nelson takes a look at how the community initiatives at Liverpool FC and Everton FC are providing fans with much-needed support during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Round-Up: Esports fed appoints commercial commission, MotoGP Asian races decision, CAA signs ‘The Leech’, and more
The Singapore-based Global Esports Federation has appointed a Brand, Marketing, Commercial and Communication Commission featuring an array of experienced sports industry executives
Leverage Marketing Advisors sponsorship consultancy is launched
Leverage Marketing Advisers (LMA), a new sponsorship and strategy consultancy agency, has been launched and plans to work with brands and sports properties around the world
FC Luzern buoyed by sponsorship double
Swiss Super League side FC Luzern has renewed its shirt sponsorship deal with Otto’s, the Swiss discount retailer, until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Round-Up: F1 ‘will continue’ after a positive Covid-19 test, Top 14 season terminated, Team WE-Madame Figaro tie-up, PSL crisis, and more
Formula One will not cancel a race this season even if a driver tests positive for Covid-19, series chief executive Chase Carey has said - BBC
Technology firms and entrepreneurs position themselves for the return of fans to stadiums
SportBusiness examines the pros and cons of some of the equipment available to reassure fans and reduce the risk of contagion when they are allowed back into sport stadiums.
World TeamTennis poised to set significant precedent for staging events in front of fans
Mixed-gender professional tennis league will hold its entire season at The Greenbrier in West Virginia this summer, becoming one of the first sports events in US to be held in front of limited spectators. Bob Williams reports.
Organised, timely and efficient: German football shows the way out of lockdown
There have been positive tests, protocol breaches and postponements, but nothing has been able to derail the project.
Coca-Cola’s Ricardo Fort: Tokyo Olympics next year set to be “great sign of the recovery of the world”
Ricardo Fort, who as Coca-Cola vice-president of global sports partnerships oversees one of the largest sports sponsorship portfolios in the entire world, discusses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the prospects of recovery.