Finance & Law

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has lodged an appeal with Italy’s competition authorities over the agreement between sports subscription service and media company DAZN and Telecom Italia (TIM) f…

The National Hockey League's New York Islanders have already sold out their 15,000 season-ticket allotment for their inaugural campaign at UBS Arena, a move which symbolizes the team's resurgence both…

Decision offers a sweeping rebuke of NCAA core notions of amateurism

Endeavor chief executive Ari Emanuel and president Mark Shapiro stepped down from the board of directors of entertainment and ticketing company Live Nation earlier this month because of anti-trust concerns,…

A decline of matchday income brought on by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 65-per-cent decline in profits for clubs in Spain’s top-flight La Liga Santander and second-tier La Liga Smart B…

The Professional Squash Association has increased its equity stake in technology company Sports Data Labs, striking a deal through its new commercial arm, Squash Media & Marketing

Saudi Arabian authorities have today (Monday) launched a new venture designed to attract overseas investment in the country’s clubs, academies and sports centres.

Nets owner and Alibaba co-founder deepens his reach into lacrosse

FC Barcelona members have approved a proposed €525m ($624.1

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Bill Daly, National Hockey League deputy commissioner. Eric and Chris also discuss potential historic changes in the business of tennis, the ongoing development of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and recent encouraging news for NBCUniversal regarding both the Tokyo Olympics and Super Bowl LVI.

Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has recorded a loss of €12.2m ($14.5m) in the first quarter of 2021, according to Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Negócios.

Uefa has welcomed an Italian anti-piracy initiative that has blocked over 600 illicit streams of Euro 2020 matches

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has reduced its expected losses for 2021 to CHF782,000 (€714,000/$851,000), down from CHF1.3

Manchester United posted a £21.6m (€25.2m/$29.9m) loss in the first three months of this year, with matchday revenues appearing to have been most heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Landon Donovan, the legendary United States men's national team player, has become a strategic advisor at Lincoln City as part of new American investment in the English League One club

Short seller alleges SBTech deals extensively in banned, unregulated markets

Russian state-owned bank Sberbank has signed a "preliminary cooperation agreement" with agency Telesport that the bank says will lead to its acquisition of the company

Catherine Forshaw, solicitor at independent law firm Brabners, examines the legal implications for event organisers of Osaka’s decision not to do press during the recent Roland Garros tournament and her subsequent withdrawal citing mental health issues