Uefa relaunches tender for club collectibles, combines with national competition rights
Uefa has relaunched the tender for the licensing rights in the “collectibles” category for its club competitions from 2021-24 and will now combine the process with the tender for collectible rights for…
Mack leaves One Championship to lead Professional Fighters League communications
Mixed martial arts promotion The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has named Loren Mack its new vice-president of corporate communications
Badminton Europe signs comprehensive data and OTT deal with Sportradar
Badminton Europe (BEC), has signed a wide-ranging rights agreement with data and media services company Sportradar that builds on the pre-existing betting and broadcast partnership that has been in place…
Copenhagen’s Tour de France Grand Départ could be postponed to 2022
Copenhagen’s staging of The Tour de France’s Grand Départ looks likely to be postponed from 2021 to 2022 to avoid a clash with the city’s hosting of matches in the Uefa European Championships.
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F1 abandons US, Brazil and Mexico Grand Prix, adds new European races
Formula 1 has given up hope of holding races in the US, Brazil and Mexico this year because of the increasing number of Covid-19 infections in the Americas
Fidelity ‘in talks’ to invest $350m in Fanatics
Boston-based financial services company Fidelity Investments is in talks to invest $350m (£275m/€301.74m) in international sports merchandising company Fanatics.
Under Armour appoints Fox to head up EMEA sales
US sportswear specialist Under Armour has announced Phil Fox as senior director of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
80 per cent of mass participation events could disappear, claims coalition
The Endurance Coalition, an organisation that counts mass participation event organisers Ironman, Spartan Race and USA Triathlon among its members, has claimed eighty per cent of mass participation businesses…
Swiss Tennis partners with virtual advertising firm UniqFEED for Securitas Pro Cup
Swiss Tennis has partnered with virtual advertising solutions provider UniqFEED to deploy the company’s technology at the Securitas Pro Cup, a three-day tournament featuring Swiss players scheduled from J…
Warwickshire v Worcestershire cricket friendly to be UK spectator test event
A friendly cricket match between Warwickshire and Worcestershire has been confirmed as one of the UK government’s test events for the safe return of spectators to English sports stadiums.