Finance & Law

Ice Hockey
Events

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has continued with efforts to further promote the sport in China by agreeing a three-year hosting deal for the Women’s World Championship Division I Group A…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Arne Rees, co-founder of the newly formed Velocity Capital Management. Fisher and Russo also discuss the $30m (€31.2m) round of funding for Athletes Unlimited, continued change and turbulence in United States college sports, the National Football League’s accelerating push for greater internationalization, collector impacts surrounding the historic home run chase of Major League Baseball superstar Aaron Judge, and heightened legal friction between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
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Golf
Finance & Law

Property levies claims of tortious interference against its Saudi-backed rival
Golf
Events

The PGA EuroPro Tour, the men’s developmental professional golf tour created in 2002 by promoter Matchroom Sport and the Professional Golfers’ Association’s Mastercard Tour, is to cease operating due t…
Football
Finance & Law

American businessman Maciek Kaminski remains in talks to secure a significant investment in Premier League club Everton FC, according to multiple reports
Football
Finance & Law

Merritt Paulson, the owner of Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers and the National Women’s Soccer League’s Portland Thorns, sold a 15 per cent stake in the organization to private equity firm Arcto…
Football
Media

Lega Serie A, governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has approved the guidelines for its next broadcast rights tender
Football
Industry Moves

Streaming platform and media company OneFootball has appointed technology entrepreneur and gender equality activist Victoire Cogevina as vice-president of women’s football.
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Women’s motor-racing championship the W Series has maintained it will survive amid concerns it may be forced to call an early end to its 2022 season due to financial problems.
US College Sport
Finance & Law

The Big 12 Conference has appointed the Endeavor-owned WME Sports and IMG Media to drive commercial growth for the organization at a time of seismic change in the United States collegiate athletics landscape
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Startup network of professional sports leagues closes on its first outside capital raise, marking another major inflection point in the meteoric growth this year of women’s sports
Football
Technology

LaLiga has reached an agreement with technology services company Globant that will lead to the formation of a joint venture to drive the development of LaLiga Tech
Volleyball
Finance & Law

United States women's indoor volleyball league startup League One Volleyball (LOVB) has raised $16.75m (€17.4
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Colin Neville, a partner at investment bank The Raine Group, told the Sports Matters conference in Singapore this week that the company's long-term ambitions in the region include backing the development…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Investing platform Scout, which is backed by investor and National Basketball Association 12-time all-star Chris Paul, announced that it raised a $2.6m (€2.7m) seed round led by Chingona Ventures.
Football
Finance & Law

Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan has posted a loss of €140m ($134m) for the 2021-22 financial year, an improvement on the record €245.6m loss during the previous year.
cornhole
Finance & Law

The American Cornhole League has announced a strategic partnership with premium experiences company Legends which is designed to drive commercial growth for the league