Finance & Law
Mahomes deepens Kansas City ties with Royals part-ownership
Chiefs superstar buys into neighboring Major League Baseball team
A’s Beane, RedBird’s Cardinale team up for sports-themed SPAC
Executive and director teams cut across wide gamut of sports industry
Lega Serie A set to weigh up rights proposals
Six investment funds are said to have made binding offers to Lega Serie A, governing body of the top division of Italian club football, regarding a media company that would market broadcast rights
Serie A | Can new investors wake football’s sleeping giant?
Ben Marlow, managing director of 21st Club in Asia Pacific, looks at the rise and fall of Italian Serie A, and considers the ways in which the league can rise once again
Bahrain invests in Paris FC
Paris FC has announced that Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund has acquired a 20-per-cent stake in the French Ligue 2 football club and will become its main sponsor.
Topps sets sales record with Fauci card
Company more than doubles prior Topps Now sales mark with card featuring popular immunologist
NFL, NFLPA reach deal governing Covid-19 impacts
Series of amendments to existing CBA will adjust future salary caps, govern player behavior amid pandemic
UCI cuts losses, ready to ‘weather the storm’
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has reported a net loss of CHF3.548m (€3.3m/$3.8
Round-Up: EPL start date, no resolution in Thai football dispute, India targets Olympics top 10, and more
The 2020-21 English Premier League season will kick off on September 12 and run until May 23 - Sky Sports
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AFC appoints Liston and Villiger to rights protection body
The Asian Football Confederation has moved to defend itself against piracy and ambush marketing with the creation of a working group that will include Tom Liston, former managing director of marketing…
Fidelity ‘in talks’ to invest $350m in Fanatics
Boston-based financial services company Fidelity Investments is in talks to invest $350m (£275m/€301.74m) in international sports merchandising company Fanatics.
Robert Weisbein, Gregory Marino, and Emily Ostreich | Has a trademark Hog muddied the Washington Football Team’s name change plans?
A trio from Foley & Lardner LLP look at the complex trademark issues surrounding the pending name change for the Washington Football Team.
Seattle NHL expansion team unveils Kraken nickname
The National Hockey League expansion team in Seattle, Washington, has revealed the franchise will be called the Seattle Kraken
Nent not expecting further ‘material’ rights fee compensation
The Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has said that it is not expecting any more substantial rights fee compensation following the disruption to the sporting calendar caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
World Table Tennis aims to serve up additional private equity investment
World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, is continuing conversations with a view to selling further shares to private equity investors
Despite pandemic, Dodgers sign Betts to massive contract
Long-term media rights contract aids club's ability to strike deal
Fox Sports secures A$10m fresh government funding for under-represented sports
Australia’s federal government has granted pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports a further A$10m (€6.2m/$7.15m
Round-Up: Chinese GP doubts and deal extension, PP Sports battles pirates, vaccine critical for Tokyo Olympics, and more
The Chinese Formula One Grand Prix is to be cancelled this year, but is also set for a five-year extension to its hosting deal, from 2021 to 2025, according to reports by specialist motorsport journalists…