North America
Premier Lacrosse League to stage summer tournament in Utah
The Premier Lacrosse League has announced that Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah, will host the PLL Championship Series this summer.
Barstool Sports forms esports team
Barstool Sports, the often-controversial sports and culture media company, has formed an esports team called Barstool HooliganZ
MLB to lose Coca-Cola sponsorship deal
Major League Baseball will be without a sponsor in the soft drinks category after multinational giant Coca-Cola opted not to renew its national-level deal with the league
Manfred: “100 per cent” chance of MLB play in 2020
Commissioner planning counterproposal to the union on restart provisions
Ex-WTA chief Allaster named US Open’s first female tournament director
Stacey Allaster, former chair and chief executive of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), has been appointed as the first female tournament director of the US Open.
Spectators allowed at Pro Motocross races in July
The opening two rounds of the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship will have limited fans in attendance, organizer MX Sports Pro Racing has announced
US Soccer repeals ban on players kneeling during national anthem
The United States Soccer Federation's board of directors have repealed a policy which required players to stand during the national anthem
Nascar bans Confederate flag from racetracks and properties
US stock car racing series Nascar has announced it will ban the Confederate flag from its racetracks and properties effectively immediately
MLS unveils format, dates of Orlando tournament
Major League Soccer has unveiled the format of its World Cup-style tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, this summer as the league prepares to make its return from the…
Nascar, Advance Auto Parts strike multi-faceted partnership
US stock car racing series Nascar has signed a multiyear, multi-faceted partnership with automotive aftermarket parts provider Advance Auto Parts
NFL preseason could be shortened to two games
The National Football League's preseason schedule could be reduced from the traditional four games per team to two in order to allow for a longer "ramp-up" period to the 2020 regular season
LaLiga North America, PointsBet partner to create gambling-focused programming
Ahead of LaLiga's return to live competition this week, LaLiga North America and global sportsbook operator PointsBet have teamed up to create a new slate of gambling-focused digital programming
Boxing makes its return to Las Vegas
Super featherweight bout headlines first Las Vegas card in more than three months
MLBPA’s latest 2020 offer is for 89 games
Players come down from prior 114-game proposal
Nascar to allow limited fans at Homestead-Miami, Talladega
US stock car racing series Nascar will allow a limited number of spectators to attend Cup Series races at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway this month in the wake of the global Covid-19…
OneSoccer acquires exclusive Canadian rights to DFB Pokal
OneSoccer, Mediapro’s over-the-top sports streaming service in Canada, has secured exclusive broadcast rights in the country for the semi-finals and final of the DFB-Pokal, German soccer's knockout cup c…
NBA faces condensed 2020-21 season
The 2020-21 National Basketball Association season is likely to be condensed in order to allow the league to remain as close as possible to its current schedule format
PGA Tour, Twitter unveil multicast fan-engagement initiative
The PGA Tour and social-media platform Twitter have teamed up to create an innovative live content fan-engagement initiative to mark the golf circuit's return to competition this week