North America

American Football
Industry Moves

Maryann Turcke, the National Football League's highest-ranking female executive, is stepping down from her role as the league's chief operating officer.
College Sports
Governance

The Big 12 Conference has announced plans to proceed with its college football season in the fall, a day after two other Power Five conferences said they were postponing all sports campaigns until spring…
Golf
Events

Augusta National Golf Club has announced that the rescheduled Masters tournament will be held without spectators or guests in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Horse Racing
Events

Churchill Downs Racetrack has announced it will allow up to 23,000 fans to attend the Kentucky Derby, which was postponed from May 2 until September 5 due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
American Football
Events

Washington Football Team has become the latest National Football League franchise to announce it will play home games without fans during the 2020 season
Football
Media

Canadian broadcaster CBC Sports has secured a deal with Mediapro Canada, an arm of the international production and media-rights agency, to become the exclusive linear television broadcaster of the 2020 …
Athletics
Sponsorship & Marketing

USA Track & Field (USATF) has extended its long-term partnership with leading chocolate and cocoa products company Hershey's, which will continue as the presenting sponsor of the Run Jump Throw initiative through …
Football
Attendance

Major League Soccer's FC Dallas will allow a limited number of fans to attend their regular-season game against Nashville SC at Toyota Stadium on August 12, a match which will herald the return of the…
Sports Betting

New York-based start-up gaming company Simplebet has officially announced its launch into the US sports betting landscape aided by $35 million in funding and a star-studded, multifaceted ownership group.
Baseball
Governance

The Toronto Blue Jays ushered in Major League Baseball's return to Buffalo, New York, for the first time since 1915 with a 5-4 win in the 10th inning over the Miami Marlins at Sahlen Field on August 11.
Baseball
Events

The Korean KBO basketball league yesterday increased the number of fans allowed into games from 10 per cent of stadium capacity to 25 per cent - Naver
College Sports
Governance

The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences have both voted to postpone all fall sports seasons, including college football, in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic, with hopes of playing in spring 2021
Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Riot Games’ League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) has struck a multi-year partnership with restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings, which has been designated the esports competition's official sports b…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

US stock car racing series Nascar has struck a multi-year sports betting agreement with online gaming company BetMGM, which has been designated an authorized gaming operator of the organization.
Motorsport
Governance

North Carolina-based auto racing organization Spire Motorsports has completed an agreement to purchase the assets of Nascar Cup Series team Leavine Family Racing
American Football
Governance

US president Donald Trump made an impassioned plea for the college football season to be saved as last-minute attempts to avoid a shutdown in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic continued this week
Sponsorship & Marketing

Craig Sloan, executive vice-president of Home Team Sports, the Fox Sports-owned sales unit serving dozens of regional sports networks, details historic changes coming to advertising on sports television.
Media

Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has extended its Olympic Games content deal with social media platform Twitter