Global

Multi-sport
Governance

Italy’s Ivo Ferriani has today (Friday) been elected president of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), succeeding Raffaele Chiulli.
Golf
Governance

The PGA Tour is reportedly planning to create a series of international tournaments that will offer guaranteed money to the world’s best players in an effort to fend off a proposed splinter league run by…
Mixed Martial Arts
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has signed a global deal with athletic performance brand Sweet Sweat
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

The European Tour will benefit from a cash injection of at least $400m (€349m) over the next decade thanks to its new, historic title sponsorship with Emirati logistics firm DP World.
Golf
Industry Moves

LIV Golf Investments, the new Saudi-backed entity focused on making strategic investments in golf, has appointed Will Staeger as its chief media officer.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The Walt Disney Co.'s previously high-flying direct-to-consumer business posts its weakest growth to date in its latest quarterly earnings report, while the company makes perhaps its strongest endorsement yet of being involved in legal sports betting. US Editor Eric Fisher reports.
Padel
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired exclusive rights to the postponed 2020 World Padel Championship across 37 territories spanning the Middle East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific and…
Host Broadcast & Production

Increasingly easy access to international sports content worldwide is presenting rights-holders with an unprecedented opportunity to grow their global fan bases – if a tailored approach can be applied.
Biathlon
Sponsorship & Marketing

The German arm of French sporting goods retailer Decathlon has agreed a deal to become a main sponsor of the International Biathlon Union’s World Cup series from the 2021-22 season.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Real Madrid and US-based multinational computer software company Adobe are claiming that the brand’s new supplier sponsorship deal with the club could eventually allow it to personalise content and sponsorship m…
Cycling
Sponsorship & Marketing

Health and fitness wearable brand Whoop has added the inaugural UCI Track Champions League to its growing portfolio of sports sponsorships
Mixed Martial Arts
Licensing & Merchandising

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a multi-year deal making The Memento Group its global distributor of officially licensed UFC memorabilia
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Dubai-based logistics company DP World will become the title sponsor of the European Tour from the start of the 2022 season
Table Tennis
Events

The International Table Tennis Federation and its commercial entity, World Table Tennis (WTT), have unveiled a four-year strategic calendar, aiming to provide better planning opportunities for the sport’s c…
Handball
Governance

Hassan Moustafa has secured a sixth term as president of the International Handball Federation, while Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has been re-elected as president of the Asian Handball Federation despite…
Modern Pentathlon
Governance

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has today (Monday) stated that no decision has been taken on a new fifth discipline, adding that it will consult with athletes over proposed changes to…
Canoeing
Governance

Germany’s Thomas Konietzko has been elected as the International Canoe Federation’s new president in a landslide victory at the body’s Congress in Rome this weekend. 
Gymnastics
Governance

Morinari Watanabe has been re-elected as president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) after seeing off rival challenger Farid Gayibov, while Jean-Christophe Rolland has secured a further…