Events

Saudi-backed circuit furthers its efforts to flesh out next year's schedule

World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, is confident that a full quota of four ‘Grand Smash’ tournaments will be in place by 2024, when it will look to rol…

World Rugby has outlined a new framework for the future of its Sevens World Series, with plans to transform the competition into a “sportainment” brand with fully combined and equal men’s and women’s tournam…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has set a base price of Rs400 crore ($50m/€48m) per team for the upcoming auction of franchises for the new Women's Indian Premier League T20 competition, according t…

A positive bidding process experience is key to gaining long-term interest from cities keen on securing major sports events, according to the findings of a study conducted by BCW Sports, the sports practice…

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) have entered into a five-year mutual cooperation agreement that will see Afghanistan host its home fixtures in the United Arab Emirates…

TMRW Sports, the technology-focused sports and entertainment entity co-founded by golf superstars Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, has secured leading PGA Tour pros Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm as its first…

European football’s governing body Uefa has awarded its 2023 Nations League finals to the Netherlands.

The Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference have partnered with ESPN to establish the ACC/SEC Challenge men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, which will debut in the the 2023-24 season.

T Ten Sports Management, organising body of the Abu Dhabi T10 League, has said it is close to establishing its latest overseas competition in Zimbabwe, with expansion efforts also targeting Europe and…

The World Rally Championship (WRC) has unveiled a 2023 calendar featuring a new event concept taking place across three European countries, plus a return to North and South America for the first time since…

Paris 2024 has today (Monday) set out the ticketing process for the Olympic and Paralympic Games as organisers seek to secure €1.27bn ($1.32bn) in revenue.

The headquarters of Hakuhodo were searched today (Monday) as Japan’s second biggest advertising agency became the latest company to be investigated in the widening probe into contracts awarded for the s…

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Fisher and Russo also discuss Glazer family’s move to consider selling Premier League giants Manchester United, initial business results from the start of the 2022 men’s Fifa World Cup, Bob Iger’s return to lead the Walt Disney Co. and the impact on ESPN, revived dealmaking in youth sports, and Major League Baseball’s offseason free agency period.

Formula 1 has agreed an eight-year extension to its agreement with Porsche which will see the German automotive manufacturer’s Supercup remain a support series on the calendar.

Offices of the Dentsu agency were raided today (Friday) by Japanese prosecutors and antitrust officials as a corruption probe continues into contracts handed out for the staging of Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic a…