Basketball Champions League CEO Patrick Comninos describes how the fledgling basketball competition has tried to maintain momentum during a troubled year and its plans to resume this year's season with a Final-Eight competition in Athens. Kevin Roberts reports.
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Dallas Jackals push back inaugural MLR season to 2022
The Dallas Jackals have pushed back their entry into Major League Rugby from 2021 to 2022 to try to ensure a more successful debut for the club amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Stadiums and arenas represent key tool in US Covid-19 vaccination efforts
Following last fall's repurposing of many sports facilities as voting centers, an increasing number of venues are now being used as mass vaccination centers, though the logistics to do so remain complex.
Former agent and translator aims to create Asian basketball’s ‘Champions League’
SportBusiness speaks to Matt Beyer, the chief executive of the East Asia Super League about his plans for the competition and his background working as a translator for Yi Jianlian in the NBA
Euroleague Basketball’s quest to become the real European super league
Euroleague Basketball's revenue has more than doubled over the past three seasons, and it's now expanding the competition across western Europe, Callum McCarthy delves into how the plan is being put into action.
NBA G League to stage shortened 2021 season in Orlando
The National Basketball Association’s developmental NBA G League has announced that 18 teams will take part in a quarantined tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, in F…
NCAA places all of 2021 March Madness in Indiana
Governing body seeks to manage ongoing impact of Covid-19 pandemic
NBA G League ‘eyes’ reduced season in bubble environment
The National Basketball Association's developmental NBA G League is reportedly considering playing a reduced season in a bubble environment to try to salvage the 2020-21 campaign in the wake of the Covid-19…
San Antonio poised to stage entire NCAA women’s basketball tournament
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced that its entire women's basketball tournament will be held in a single geographic area to mitigate the risks of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
Stadiums and arenas represent key tool in US Covid-19 vaccination efforts
Following last fall's repurposing of many sports facilities as voting centers, an increasing number of venues are now being used as mass vaccination centers, though the logistics to do so remain complex.
VAR sponsorship included in Lega Serie A category revamp
Lega Serie A has been working to restructure its commercial and marketing operation over the last 12 months. In an exclusive interview, commercial director Michele Ciccarese outlines how sponsorship will take shape under the new structure.
India, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia set out their stalls for 2027 AFC Asian Cup
SportBusiness delves into the bid books of the contenders to host the 2027 Asian Cup to examine the thinking and the plans behind each entry. Tom King reports.
‘The aim is to speak to a truly global audience’ | Why Fifa is getting into the podcast game
SportBusiness speaks to Fifa's Jean-Francois Pathy about the launch of its new podcast series ad its future strategy as an attempt to engage a larger audience through culture and music.