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Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In a replay of an April 14 webinar, we explore the implications of fast-increasing activity by professional athletes in outside business ventures while still actively competing in their respective sports.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Haas F1 team has signed up payments platform TransferMate as a sponsor
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The World Anti-Doping Agency has signed a first-of-its-kind sponsorship deal with sub-Saharan African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport to aid ongoing efforts to diversify its funding mix
Boxing
Governance

Boxing agency MTK Global is to cease operations as the fallout continues from the sanctions imposed on the company’s co-founder, Irish promoter Daniel Kinahan.
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group has announced a “multi-year” agreement with betting technology company Pragmatic Solutions as it released details of its first foray into the…
Tennis
Fan Engagement

The Association of Tennis Professionals and Women’s Tennis Association have unveiled their latest joint venture, an all-in-one mobile app.
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation and Story10, SNTV’s global sports video production and distribution agency, have renewed their relationship as they look to increase international exposure and a…
Mass Participation
Sponsorship & Marketing

Ironman Group has extended and expanded its sponsorship contract with multisport performance brand Roka
Football
Media

Unprecedented inventory gives Fifa strong bargaining position with brands in renewal talks Governing body seeking to at least double its sponsorship revenues post-2022
Golf
Events

SportBusiness speaks to Thomas Brookes, a former International Sports Management agent who has turned his hand to launching the Icons Series, a new golf exhibition event pitting sports celebrities like Pep Guardiola and Ash Barty against professional golfers in match-play format.
Boxing
Industry Moves

Bob Yalen has resigned as chief executive of boxing agency MTK Global, citing personal reasons amid the “particularly intense” recent pressure surrounding the company and its ties to Irish promoter Dan…
Cycling
Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has signed an extension with its long-term sponsor, Swiss watchmaker Tissot
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Angela Ruggiero, co-founder and chief executive of Massachusetts-based Sports Innovation Lab. Fisher and Russo also discuss the rebirth of American football entity the United States Football League, the beginning of operations for the newly merged media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Major League Baseball’s renewed streaming deal with YouTube, the upcoming 2022 National Football League Draft in Las Vegas, Nevada, and billionaire Elon Musk’s unsolicited $43bn (€34.3bn) bid to acquire social media platform Twitter.
Baseball
Media

Games to be shown in more than 182 countries on Google-owned platform
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Haas Formula 1 has told former title sponsor Uralkali that it will not refund the €12m ($13m) paid by the Russian fertiliser company before Haas terminated the contract in response to Russia’s invasion of …
Olympic Games
Media

Alex Gilady, a former International Olympic Committee official and senior television executive, has passed away at the age of 79
Football
Media

OneFootball, the football-focused media platform, has strengthened its relationship with Lega Serie B by signing a global content deal with the governing body for the second division of Italian club football
Multiple Sports
Business

WePlay founder Luca Massaro explains the business’s groundbreaking new partnership model, which allows it to share the risks and rewards of its clients. In association with WePlay.