Stats Perform renews Premier League media data deal
Stats Perform has renewed its official media data deal with the English Premier League, Scottish Premier League and EFL Championship
Sportradar denies it violated Ukrainian FA’s betting and data rights
A war of words has broken out between the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) and betting and data services company Sportradar after the national football federation accused the company of violating…
Free-to-air Merseyside derby breaks UK viewing record for Sky
Over 5.5 million viewers tuned in to watch Sunday’s Merseyside derby in the English Premier League, breaking the UK audience record for the competition on Sky Sports.
Jockey Club alumni Bazalgette and Fisher set up ‘one-stop shop’ advisory firm
Former Jockey Club chairman Simon Bazalgette and its former chief executive Paul Fisher have launched a new advisory, investment and services business for the sports, leisure, media and entertainment sectors
Right Formula’s Fenwick: Motorsport driving hardest bargain in sponsor renegotiations
Motorsports stakeholders and more prominent rights-holders are tending to drive the hardest bargain in the renegotiation of sponsorship contracts during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the head of…
Government and FA aiming for fans to return to stadiums in September
There is new hope that football fans could be allowed back into stadiums in the UK after the government and Football Association both revealed they were working on plans for this to happen when next season…
Stats Perform secures data rights to Conmebol competitions
Stats Perform has signed a multi-year agreement to collect and distribute the official data across Conmebol men’s, women’s and U20 competitions.
Heavy losses in World Athletics 2018 accounts but little light shed on Dentsu renegotiation
A leaked copy of World Athletics' 2018 financial accounts has shed more light on the constrained financial picture for the federation and referenced its attempts to renegotiate some of the controversial…
FIH says Batra presidential election legitimate, contrary to Mittal complaint
The International Hockey Federation has announced that it will not take any action against FIH president Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra after a complaint was lodged against him by Indian Olympic Association vice-president…
Diack: Russian doping sanctions spread out to protect IAAF sponsorship contracts
Former IAAF president Lamine Diack has suggested he intervened in the way the federation dealt with doping by Russian athletes to protect sponsorship deals and to avoid tarnishing Moscow’s hosting of t…