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Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

Sports data, streaming & AI pioneer Stats Perform today unveiled a blockbuster range of new products for sports betting operators at an online event entitled ‘Light Up Your Sportsbook’, which can be rep…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sportswear brand Puma has renewed its sponsorship agreement with the W Series, the all-female car racing series, ahead of the beginning of the third edition of the series in June
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Automotive brand Peugeot will no longer sponsor tennis player Novak Djokovic, it has been confirmed
Road Cycling
Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has imposed competition bans on all Russian and Belarusian national cycling teams, as well as pro cycling teams, including the UCI ProTeam Gazprom-Rusvelo
Fencing
Governance

Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbek-born Russian oligarch, has stepped down as president of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) following sanctions imposed on him by the European Union after Russia’s invasion o…
Motorsport
Events

Motorsport promoter SX Global has outlined a revamped format for the FIM Supercross World Championship
Electric Scooter Racing
Fan Engagement

The eSkootr Championship (eSC), the world’s first electric scooter racing series, has appointed digital content agency Little Dot Sport to “amplify” its social media content. L
Boxing
Media

UK-based sports production company Whisper has agreed a deal with Probellum, the fledgling global boxing promotion and media company
Multiple Sports
Governance

The International Olympic Committee has stepped up its sanctions against Russia amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine by moving to recommend that all international federations (IFs) and sports event organisers…
Cricket
Events

The International Cricket Council said it is working on “complementary” men’s and women’s fixture calendars to avoid clashes like those set to affect the upcoming women’s World Cup. The f
Football
Events

Russia has been eliminated from qualifying for the 2022 Fifa World Cup after the governing bodies of world and European football barred all Russian teams from their competitions
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Formula 1 team AlphaTauri has renewed its sponsorship contract with human resources specialist Randstad Group
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Outsourcing firm Velocity Global’s official partner deal, announced earlier this month, suggests last year’s changes to the European Tour partnership programme are bearing fruit.
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Formula One Group, operator of the Formula 1 motor racing championship, has turned a $444m (€396.9m) loss into a $40m profit on the back of recovery during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Jessica Berman, National Lacrosse League interim commissioner. Fisher and Russo also discuss ongoing labor negotiations with the MLB Players Association, heightened turbulence in the United States sports betting market impacting entities such as DraftKings and Churchill Downs Inc.’s TwinSpires, a new funding round for digital sports media company Wave Sports + Entertainment, the sports industry’s response to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, and the state of spring leagues for American football.
Football
Events

Football's world governing body Fifa has halted all international matches in Russia and barred the Russian team from competing under its own name and flag, in response to the war in Ukraine
Football
Finance & Law

Fifa has said that it is “well on track” to exceed its revenue target of $6.44bn (€5.69bn)
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Formula 1 team Haas has taken the decision to drop the branding of its title sponsor Uralkali for the final day of pre-season testing in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine