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Business Action Sports

A new independent action sports operator and media company has been formed through a deal between investment firms The Raine Group and Causeway Media Partners, with backing from commercial finance company…
Business Football

FC Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo and the English Premier League were the big winners in the 2020 edition of the Mailman Group's Red Card report, that assesses the strength of football properties online…
Business American Football

Revenue from licenses nearly double original projections
Events Athletics

The Ironman triathlon series is reported to be among the interested parties in taking over the running of the Barcelona Marathon from the RPM-MKTG agency
Business 3x3 Basketball

League rebrands its flavor of 3-on-3 basketball as an entirely new sport called Fireball3
Business Multi-Sport

US media company Comcast NBCUniversal has launched SportsTech, a new global accelerator programme for sports technology start-ups
Governance Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse has decided to switch from a franchise model to a single-entity structure
Finance & Money Equestrian

Global investment holding company Tennor has agreed a deal with the Global Champions Tour (GCT) and Global Champions League (GCL) equestrian series, acquiring a stake held by US businessman, Frank McCourt
Business Basketball

New agreement includes sweeping improvements in salaries, benefits, marketing support for women's pro basketball league

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Attendance

Rick Snider looks at how pro teams in key US markets are engaging tourists in order to boost attendance numbers.
Teqball
Business

Dominic Bliss talks to the executives at the helm of teqball, which has just received GAISF Observer Status, and the plans the fledgling sport has for its future.
American Football
Business

With the revamped XFL football league kicking off in February, Bob Williams takes a look at the measures Vince McMahon's latest project is taking in order to prosper.
Baseball
Business

Major League Baseball has its first official day at its new central headquarters on the Avenue of the Americas in New York on 6 January. Eric Fisher visits the new offices.
Business Baseball

Name shift follows Fiserv takeover of First Data. Mets to rename facility address in honor of Hall of Famer Mike Piazza
Business Mass Participation

The co-founders of Tough Mudder, Will Dean and Guy Livingstone, have been accused of a playing a ‘game of brinkmanship’ with the company’s largest lender Active Networks, which threatens to push the f…
Business Football

Eintracht Frankfurt is planning a friendly match in the New York City area in the summer of 2021 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Bundesliga club's "Goodwill Tour" of the United States in 1951
Fan Engagement Football

Major League Soccer team Chicago Fire could ultimately axe its new logo, which has proven unpopular with the club's fans, admits new owner Joe Mansueto.
Business

Scandinavian agency Geelmuyden Kiese (GK) has taken over the business of consultancy Burson, Cohn & Wolfe Sport’s Nordic arm.
Business

Experiential services agency continues expansion with new unit
Business

Move to seek Los Angeles-based agency's capabilities in corporate sales and consulting
Sports Betting

The rebooted XFL has announced a multi-year partnership with sports data and technology company Genius Sports to protect the start-up league against the threats of improper and illegal sports betting
Business Football

The United States Soccer Federation has called off a training camp for the US men's national team in Qatar this month "due to the developing situation in the region
Business Football

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has revealed his interest in investing in English Premier League football club Everton
Business Rugby Union

Nigel Wray, the owner of English Premiership Rugby side Saracens, has retired as club chairman with immediate effect
Events Multi-Sport

Endeavor has acquired a majority stake in premium hospitality company On Location Experiences in a deal worth $660m (€589.8m).
Business American Football

Audience boost is second in a row after two years of decline, and comes despite poor team performance in top three markets
Business Basketball

Longtime executive led the league during a period of massive global expansion
Business Lacrosse

The Premier Lacrosse League has announced the name and brand identity of its inaugural expansion team, Waterdogs Lacrosse Club
Business Football

Charlotte's Major League Soccer expansion team received more than 7,000 season-ticket deposits in the first 24 hours of being announced earlier this week, Carolina Panthers president Tom Glick has revealed.
Business Football

United Soccer League Championship club Louisville City FC has abandoned its logo rebrand just four days after its launch following anger from supporters
Business

Monumental Sports & Entertainment has announced that all events at Capital One Arena, the home of the NBA Washington Wizards and NHL Washington Capitals, will have mobile-only tickets from January 1, 2020
Stadia Football

Major League Soccer team New York City FC has decided to move four regular season games to Citi Field, the home of Major League Baseball's New York Mets, in 2020
Governance Football

After weeks of speculation, the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been formally awarded Major League Soccer's 30th franchise
Business

Japanese advertising giant Dentsu is cutting about 3 per cent of its workforce outside of Japan as part of a restructure prompted by weaker-than-expected business performance
Governance Football

GACP Sports, a subsidiary of Miami-based private equity firm General American Capital Partners (GACP), has sold its stake in Ligue 1 club FC Girondins de Bordeaux to co-investor King Street Capital Management.
Business Baseball

Agency to provide media rights evaluation and counsel for Latin American winter baseball leagues
Business Basketball

The National Basketball Players Association and players from the National Basketball Association's developmental G League are engaged in serious discussions about a potential unionizing effort, according …