World Athletics has stated it ambition to double its number of commercial partners, align its hosting protocols with the needs of cities and broaden the mass participation components of its business in…
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Portuguese football facing losses of €266m, warns of ‘collapse’ if league is suspended
Sónia Carneiro, executive director of Liga Portugal, has warned that the teams in the top two divisions of Portuguese league football are facing collective losses of over €250m ($304m) for the 2020-21 se…
NFL caps Super Bowl LV attendance at 22,000 fans
Super Bowl LV at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on February 7 will officially have a capacity of 22,000 fans including 14,500 ticket buyers and 7,500 vaccinated health care workers who will be guests of…
IAAF tries to draw a line under Diack legacy
The IAAF has renegotiated a controversial contract with Dentsu agreed by its former president Lamine Diack. SportBusiness has seen a copy of the agreement and a letter from the IAAF's lawyer in which he describes some of the 'unusual provisions'. Ben Cronin reports.
Africa eyes bid for 2025 World Athletics Championships
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, president of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), has revealed that the continent will bid to host the 2025 edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Championships.
World Athletics offers hope of Russian return
World Athletics has spelt out a pathway for the return of the suspended Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) to the international fold, following five years of exile due to the country’s state-sponsored d…
Sky Italia lands rights to World Athletics’ Continental Tour
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a rights deal for the 2021 edition of World Athletics’ Continental Tour series.
Sky Italia will show all 11 Gold stages of the tour next year.