UK sports attendances highest on record at 75m
75.1 million people will have visited a live UK sports event in 2019, breaking the record for the country and making it the only place in the world where sporting attendances exceed the population
LA Dodgers co-owner Boehly tables unsuccessful Chelsea takeover bid
US financier Todd Boehly, part-owner of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, has made an unsuccessful bid to buy English Premier League outfit Chelsea from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
Melbourne, Düsseldorf and Durban bid for ITTF World Championships, vindicating event revamp
Melbourne, Düsseldorf and Durban have submitted final bids to host the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals.
European Tour and Tata Communications announce tech incubator finalists
The European Tour has announced the three finalists for a technology incubator project designed to identify ideas that can increase engagement in golf
Globo invests $3.3m in automated production company Pixellot
Brazilian media conglomerate Grupo Globo has made a $3
LEN keeps European Championships integration alive with Rome to host 2022 Europeans
The Ligue Européenne de Natation [LEN], the governing body for aquatics in Europe, has confirmed that Rome has been selected to host the 2022 European Aquatics Championships and reiterated its intention …
Amazon works with Israeli AI company WSC Sports for Premier League debut
Amazon has enlisted the services of an Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) company, WSC Sports, to produce an interactive replay function in its coverage of the English Premier League which begins this…
“Our share of voice during the Women’s World Cup was extraordinary,” Adrian Farina, head of marketing, Visa, Europe
Visa’s head of marketing for Europe, Adrian Farina, has credited Uefa’s decision to unbundle the sponsorship rights for its men’s and women’s tournaments, saying that it provided the ‘trigger’ for the bra…
Incoming Premier League CEO Pemsel resigns before starting job
David Pemsel, the Premier League’s incoming chief executive, has resigned before starting the job, following newspaper disclosures about his private life.
Tennis agency Tennium seizes Barcelona Open contract from IMG
The Barcelona Open, an ATP 500 clay-court tournament, has ended its 30-year association with IMG, opting instead to enter into a three-year management contract with emerging tennis agency Tennium