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Multiple Sports
Governance

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…
Drone Racing
Media

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

Extreme E, the electric off-road motor racing series, has revealed expansion plans through the intention to launch a hydrogen championship in 2024
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Swiss watch brand IWC Schaffhausen has expanded its sponsorship of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team in a multi-year extension
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

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.
Golf
Governance

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 …
Basketball
Events

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.
Motorsport
Media

The Isle of Man TT has announced the launch of a new streaming platform that will provide live coverage of the motorcycling showpiece
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

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…
Figure Skating
Governance

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…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Formula 1 team Ferrari has signed a renewal to its sponsorship agreement with recruitment specialists ManpowerGroup
Tennis
Events

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…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Giancarlo Bernini, a former senior executive at WWE and Sony, has been named as commercial vice-president of sports streaming technology company Deltatre
Football
Media

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.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Outside investment enabling ‘mature dialogue’ about global calendar Governing body unlikely to agree to a ‘whole-of-sport’ PE deal like FIVB Women
Handball
Media

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.
Motorsport
Media

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…
Padel
Events

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…