OneFootball names Elshareef as chief product officer, adds to acquisitions team
Global football media platform OneFootball has announced the appointment of Ismail Elshareef as its first-ever dedicated chief product officer
Premiership Rugby seeks new business development head as McCubbin moves on
Scott McCubbin, Premiership Rugby’s head of business development, has left his role and the league has started its search for his replacement.Â
ISU to seek new president for retiring Dijkema
Jan Dijkema, the president of the International Skating Union, has announced that he will step down in June this year when his latest four-year term comes to an end
Nielsen and Fnatic study shows growing value of esports sponsorships
A new Nielsen Sports & Entertainment study demonstrates the rapidly improving value of esports sponsorships, claiming top level ROI for sponsors has more than doubled in the past two years.
BCW unveils 2021 social media rankings, showing strong growth across IFs
BCW Sports, the sports practice of global communications agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe, has released the 2021 edition of its annual International Sports Federation Social Media Ranking
Manchester United kicks off educational partnership with UA92
Manchester United has announced that it has entered into a strategic education and employment partnership with innovative higher education provider University Academy 92
Bundesliga: 20 per cent of domestic viewers watching league’s alternate streams
Over 400,000 German viewers of the first Der Klassiker of the 2021-22 season chose to watch the game using non-traditional feeds, innovations created thanks to the Bundesliga's 'glass-to-glass' strategy. Adam Nelson speaks to DFL stakeholders about how new broadcasting initiatives are helping to boost the league's engagement and revenues.
World Rugby reschedules Sevens Series events in US and Canada
World Rugby has announced rescheduled dates for its Sevens Series events in Los Angeles and Vancouver later this year
RFEF steps up 2030 World Cup bid with plans to open Middle East office
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced plans to open a new office in the Middle East as part of its push to secure the 2030 Fifa World Cup, for which a joint bid from Spain and Portugal is…
Fifa opens 2022 World Cup ticket application process
Fifa has launched the first phase of the application process for tickets to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, including a low-cost category for Qatari residents