NTT ends UCI World Tour team sponsorship to focus on development projects
UCI WorldTour cycling team NTT Pro Cycling is looking for a new title sponsor after Japanese technology brand NTT opted not to renew its contract with the team beyond 2020
CSM appointed Women’s Six Nations sponsorship agency
The Women’s Six Nations rugby tournament has appointed CSM Sport and Entertainment as its strategic partner and exclusive sponsorship sales agency.
French investigators surprised by level of corruption in Diack case
French prosecutors and police investigators who have expanded their investigation of former World Athletics president Lamine Diack and his son Papa Massata Diack have said they are surprised by the level…
Gosper: Six Nations unions could go bust without government support
Brett Gosper, the chief executive of World Rugby, has expressed his concerns that some of the Six Nations unions could go bust without government support
Italy, Netherlands and Poland vying to host rescheduled 2020-21 Nations League finals
Italy, the Netherlands and Poland are vying to host the 2020-21 edition of the Uefa Nations League finals
ISL says national federations are using Covid ‘to entrench vested interests’
The International Swimming League has accused national swimming federations of “knowingly and cynically” using the Covid-19 pandemic to prevent athletes from competing in its second season.
Premier League ‘disappointed’ by postponement of spectator return
The English Premier League has issued a statement expressing its disappointment that the UK government has postponed plans for the partial return of fans to stadiums on October 1 because of a spike of…
Tokyo 2020 consultancy firm ‘paid $370,000’ to Papa Massata Diack
A consulting firm working for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid committee paid $370,000 (€315,196/£289,227) to Papa Massata Diack, the controversial son of former IOC member and World Athletics president Lamine Di…
World Athletics incurred $17.4m loss in 2019, despite RusAF payment
World Athletics registered a loss of $17.42m (€14.71m/£13.58m) in 2019, further eating into its cash reserves in the year before the Covid-19 pandemic struck the sports industry.
Human rights groups call on IOC to reconsider Beijing 2022 award
A coalition of 160 human rights groups have written a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee calling on it to revoke its decision to award Beijing the 2022 Winter Olympics because of China’s h…