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English Premier League football club Liverpool has today (Thursday) confirmed that it has scrapped its existing redevelopment vision for Anfield, adding that “ambitious” new plans are now under “active consi…
Stadia

City Football Group, the parent company of English Premier League football club Manchester City, has partnered with US venue development, advisory and investment company Oak View Group to explore the possible…
Events

Leigh Sports Village has replaced Nottingham Forest’s City Ground as one of the host venues for the 2021 Uefa Women’s Championship national team football tournament.
Events

English Premier League football club Manchester City has moved to play down reports that it will seek to employ facial recognition technology to aid ticketing systems at its Etihad Stadium
Events

Organisers of the Euro T20 Slam, the world’s first multinational Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament, have postponed its launch by a year amid reports of financial difficulties.
Finance & Money

English Premier League football club Manchester City has been fined CHF370,000 (€340,000/$380,000) by global governing body Fifa for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of p…
Events

The Commonwealth Games Federation has today (Tuesday) signed off on the sports programme for the next Commonwealth Games, claiming that the addition of women’s T20 cricket, beach volleyball and para t…
Stadia

English Premier League football club Leicester City has appointed Legends International to carry out research relating to the proposed expansion of its King Power Stadium home ground
Finance & Money

Scottish Rugby has posted a record turnover for the second consecutive year, with the body now in its best net cash position for over 25 years. Turnover rose to £61.1m (€65.9m/$73.8m

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Fan Engagement

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Football
Media

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Events

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Fan Engagement

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Events

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Governance

Joanna Adams has today (Monday) announced her departure as chief executive of England Netball to take up the newly-created position of chief commercial officer at London Legacy Development Corporation…
Governance

The British and Irish Lions rugby union team has today (Friday) announced that Charlie McEwen has stepped down from his role as chief operating officer
Events

The R&A will take the Women’s British Open to Wales for the first time after announcing that Royal Porthcawl will host the major tournament in 2021.
Other

SportBusiness has further strengthened its international editorial operations by appointing Martin Ross, a journalist with 15 years of experience in the sports industry, as global news editor
Events

Ian Reid, chief executive of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has defended the decision to not include shooting on the sports programme amid a threat from the Indian Olympic Association to boycott…
Events

The operators of the British and Irish Lions international rugby union team are in talks over the creation of a women’s side.
Events

The Commonwealth Games Federation plans on meeting with officials from the Indian Olympic Association amid fears the country may boycott the 2022 Games in the English city of Birmingham following the decision…
Business

The Jockey Club has announced former BT Sport and Sky executive Delia Bushell as its new group chief executive
Events

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Stadia

Everton FC has revealed designs for its proposed 52,000-capacity new stadium, set to be built at Liverpool’s Bramley-Moore Dock at a cost of £500m ($621m/€558m).
Licensing and Merchandising

Liverpool FC has applied to trademark the word ‘Liverpool’ in the context of football products and services.
Licensing and Merchandising

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