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Mumbai lands 2023 IOC Session, Samaranch returns as vice-president
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…
DRL finishes 2021-22 season with large-scale media expansion
Upstart property more than doubles its broadcast reach from the prior year
Extreme E to launch hydrogen-fuelled championship
Extreme E, the electric off-road motor racing series, has revealed expansion plans through the intention to launch a hydrogen championship in 2024
IWC Schaffhausen extends with Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team
Swiss watch brand IWC Schaffhausen has expanded its sponsorship of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team in a multi-year extension
OpenSponsorship’s Ishveen Jolly on creating new forms of sports marketing
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Ishveen Jolly, founder and chief executive of OpenSponsorship. Fisher and Russo also discuss the state of the National Basketball Association as it reached its All-Star Game, rising prospects in motorsports for both Nascar and Formula 1, a $100m fundraising round for WSC Sports, the College Football Playoff’s decision to stand pat with a four-team format, and opioid issues surrounding Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels.
DeChambeau, Johnson commit to PGA Tour in major blow to Saudi-backed breakaway league
Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson have become the latest golf superstars to commit their futures to the PGA Tour, delivering a potentially deadly blow to the prospects of a proposed Saudi-backed breakaway …
Fiba unveils 3×3 World Tour calendar for 2022
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has unveiled 13 destinations for this year’s Fiba 3x3 World Tour, the three-a-side basketball series for city-based professional teams.
Isle of Man TT launches streaming platform
The Isle of Man TT has announced the launch of a new streaming platform that will provide live coverage of the motorcycling showpiece
Access Industries eliminates DAZN borrowings with $4.3bn recapitalisation
Access Industries, the multinational industrial group headed by billionaire Len Blavatnik, has moved to wipe out borrowings at DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, by subscribing…
IOC proposes age cap after Valieva episode, Bach rebukes political remarks
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has suggested implementing a minimum age limit for athletes at the Olympics after the much-criticised participation of 15-year-old Russian figure skater…
Ferrari secures ManpowerGroup renewal
Formula 1 team Ferrari has signed a renewal to its sponsorship agreement with recruitment specialists ManpowerGroup
ITF and Kosmos make further Davis Cup changes
The International Tennis Federation and its commercial rights-holder for the Davis Cup, Kosmos Tennis, have announced further changes to the make-up of the men’s national team tournament, with the news t…
Deltatre appoints former WWE and Sony exec Bernini to key commercial role
Giancarlo Bernini, a former senior executive at WWE and Sony, has been named as commercial vice-president of sports streaming technology company Deltatre
1190 Sports secures Campeonato Paulista international rights
1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has secured international broadcast rights to the Campeonato Paulista Brazilian state championship until 2025.
World Rugby CEO Gilpin says private equity deals ‘a good thing’ for rugby
Outside investment enabling ‘mature dialogue’ about global calendar
Governing body unlikely to agree to a ‘whole-of-sport’ PE deal like FIVB
Women
Betting streaming rights included in Sportradar’s new Handball Bundesliga deal
Sportradar has added international betting streaming rights to its Handball Bundesliga inventory in a wide-ranging long-term agreement signed with Germany’s top handball league.
F1’s dramatic 2021 season fuels 4-per-cent rise in global audience
Formula One has reported a four-per-cent increase in its cumulative television audience for the 2021 season, figures propelled by the motor-racing championship’s thrilling title battle between Max Verstappen a…
Doha to stage leading event as FIP expands on padel tour plans
The International Padel Federation (FIP) has today (Thursday) revealed the first details of its new official tour, with Doha to host the opening category one event and a deal with a “major new international b…