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International sports broadcaster Eleven Group has strengthened its senior leadership team by appointing Peter Hutton, director of sports partnerships at social media company Meta, as a non-executive director

The ATP Tour is to return to China for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Association of Tennis Professionals has announced

The ATP Board, the decision-making body of the ATP men’s tennis tour, has approved a motion to remove conflicts of interest, meaning IMG Tennis’ Gavin Forbes will be unable to run again as one of three tou…

The International Padel Federation (FIP) and the Professional Players Association (PPA) have filed a complaint with the European Commission against the World Padel Tour (WPT) under Article 101 of European…

World Rugby has appointed Sally Horrox as its director of women’s rugby. Horrox will join the governing body in early May to oversee its Women in Rugby plan, which runs from 2017 to 2025.

DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company that last week announced $4.3bn (€3.8bn) worth of financial backing from its owner Access Industries, reported a loss of $1.3

Automated highlights company expands its presence in motorsports

The United States Soccer Federation and the US women’s national soccer team have vowed to ramp up the pressure on world governing body Fifa to introduce equal World Cup prize money after securing a landmark g…

The HBA Media agency has secured seven new broadcast rights-holders for the Saudi Cup, as it expands coverage of the annual horse racing fixture for the third consecutive year

Wide range of difficult factors contribute to significant viewership decline

Uefa’s men’s national team football sponsorship programme for the next commercial cycle will include rights to the ‘Finalissima’ – a match between the winners of European Championships and the Copa Amér…

Withersworldwide senior associate Libby Payne, a specialist in sport and employment matters, argues that historic debates about women’s sport – such as whether tennis grand slam prize money is fair – get in the way of the real issues holding back progress.

The Turkish Football Federation has vowed that the broadcast rights to the Turkish Süper Lig will be awarded in a week’s time, after the submission late last week of improved bids for domestic, international an…

Discovery is set to be named as the new organiser and promoter of the Mountain Bike World Cup, strengthening the media group's ties with the International Cycling Union (UCI).

The International Olympic Committee has announced that the Indian city of Mumbai will host the IOC Session in 2023, while Juan Antonio Samaranch has returned to a vice-president’s role as five new IOC m…

Upstart property more than doubles its broadcast reach from the prior year