In part one of a three-part interview, Joe Barone, director general of Italian Serie A club Fiorentina, discusses the challenges of running a club in lockdown, the accelerated focus on going digital, the cub’s support for the local community during the crisis, and the uncertainty around the future of the season.
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AFC promises to complete 2020 Champions League
The Asian Football Confederation has said it is "committed" to completing this year's Champions League, after discussing the matter with member federations during online meetings yesterday
MLB rejects latest proposal from union
Management does not intend to make a counterproposal, will now press toward unilaterally setting shorter 2020 regular season
China Digest | Vivo dials up new IPL sponsorship deal; CSL TV payments are delayed; Zhou Qi signs four-year deal with NBA’s Rockets; and more
In this week's China sports industry round-up: Vivo spends $341m on new IPL sponsorship deal, Chinese Super League (CSL) clubs told their TV payments from CSM won't arrive on time, and 7’2” centre Zhou Qi agrees deal with Houston Rockets.
Deal or no deal: what motivates an investor to buy a failing football club?
The allure of promotion and Premier League success has led many an English football team into financial ruin, but liquidations remain rare. With so many rescued from oblivion over the past decade, Callum McCarthy examines why so many see opportunity in struggling football clubs.
AFC promises to complete 2020 Champions League
The Asian Football Confederation has said it is "committed" to completing this year's Champions League, after discussing the matter with member federations during online meetings yesterday
MLS avoids lockout after players’ union agrees to CBA changes
The 2020 Major League Soccer season will officially take place after the MLS Players Association finally agreed to a return-to-play proposal
Eredivisie clubs reach agreement on TV money distribution
The 18 clubs in the Eredivisie, the Netherlands’ top football division, have reached an agreement on the distribution of the media-rights fees for the 2019-20 season.
MLS pushes back lockout ultimatum to players’ union until June 3
Major League Soccer has pushed back its ultimatum to the MLS Players Association over accepting a return-to-play proposal by a day, until June 3, as both sides try to avoid a lockout and salvage the 2…
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.
Four years on, LaLiga’s international focus is paying off in sponsorship
Since LaLiga put internationalisation at the heart of its commercial growth plans in 2016, the Spanish league operator has increased its international presence to 84 countries and grown its sponsor portfolio five-fold.