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Multiple Sports
Media

Media group Discovery plans to combine its subscription streaming service, discovery+, with WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, once its planned merger with the AT&T-owned entity completes.
Golf

Getty Images’ award-winning photographer David Cannon tells Richard Mulligan how the agency has become a custodian of sport’s storied history thanks to its vast archive of images from iconic events. Presented in association with Getty Images.
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

Match fixing across professional sport may have reached an unprecedented level last year, according to figures from sports data and betting services company Sportradar
Triathlon
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Professional Triathletes Organisation has appointed US-based sports marketing agency Excel Sports Management to support global sponsorship sales for its newly-established PTO Tour
Mixed Martial Arts
Licensing & Merchandising

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a long-term headwear partnership with UK brand, Tokyo Time
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Lou DePaoli, managing director at global sports consulting and management firm General Sports Worldwide. Fisher and Russo also discuss the new collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association, MLB’s streaming rights agreement with Apple, continued developments with the Premier League’s Chelsea and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the National Football League’s season-long suspension of Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley for gambling offenses, and ownership moves for the Premier Hockey Federation’s Toronto Six and Boston Pride.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team has signed up cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld as a sponsor
Esports
Industry Moves

Charlotte Kenny has been appointed as managing director of Blast Premier, the flagship tournament of esports entertainment company Blast
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Sportswear giant Adidas generated revenues of €21.2bn ($23.4bn) last year, its latest financial report shows.
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Ironman Group has signed an agreement to make Intermountain Healthcare the title sponsor of its delayed 2021 World Championship event
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Formula 1 has signed up technology company Lenovo to its portfolio of central sponsors. The multi-year deal makes Lenovo an Official Partner of Formula 1 ahead of its 2022 season
Mass Participation
Sponsorship & Marketing

Global trail running circuit the UTMB World Series has announced a three-year sponsorship agreement with Romanian car manufacturer Dacia ahead of the inaugural UTMB World Series season
Multiple Sports
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Group has continued its growth trajectory, reporting significant rises in subscriber numbers, revenue and Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Agreement reflects fast-growing market for executive search services
Multiple Sports

From a virtual influencer to immersive event experiences, Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, delivered innovative solutions for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Presented in association with Alibaba.
Handball
Media

The Sportfive agency will continue to sell global media rights to the International Handball Federation’s leading events until 2031 after directly negotiating a new agreement with the world body that a…
Multiple Sports
Events

Sports ministers from 37 countries have signed an open letter calling on international federations to prohibit Russia and Belarus from hosting major sporting events following the invasion of Ukraine
Volleyball
Events

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has launched an accelerated bidding process to find a replacement host for this year’s Men’s World Championship, which was removed from Russia last week fol…