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Serena Williams, Natalie Portman among owners of NWSL LA expansion team
The National Women's Soccer League has formally awarded an expansion team to Los Angeles, California, giving the league a valued presence in the United States' second-largest media market
NFL, NFLPA make sizable progress on health protocols
League offers to not schedule any preseason games
Endeavor’s 160over90 among quartet of companies working with WTT
World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has recruited the support of four companies, including 160over90, the marketing services arm of sports and entertainment…
IOC’s pre-Covid-19 financial statement reveals $74m surplus for 2019
The International Olympic Committee has reported a surplus of $73.9m (€63.6m/£57.6m) for 2019, its largest ever for a non-Games year.
NBA reports zero Covid-19 positives inside its bubble
MLS also reports zero positives after its initial issues in Florida
Australia closing in on T20 and ODI tour in England
Revised Covid-19 restrictions from the UK government could open the door for Australia's Twenty20 and One-Day International tour to England
“The math just kept getting worse” | Why Toronto Wolfpack pulled plug on Super League season
Toronto chief executive Bob Hunter tells SportBusiness the club is expecting to face serious "consequences" of withdrawing from 2020 campaign at late notice due to coronavirus-enforced financial problems
Blue Jays favor another MLB ballpark for new home
Pittsburgh's PNC Park emerging as a potential temporary home for club
J.League shelves planned fan increase amid virus spike
The Japanese J.League has postponed a planned increase in the number of spectators allowed into games due to an increase in Covid-19 cases in the country
No fans for Giants, Jets home games in 2020
The National Football League’s New York Giants and New York Jets, co-tenants at MetLife Stadium, will each play its home games this season without any attending fans following a new executive order by N…
NFL players seek to apply pressure on health protocols
Many key details remain unresolved just days before training camp
CBA’s first CEO makes surprise exit
The CBA has announced the shock departure of Wang Dawei, who became the top Chinese basketball league’s first chief executive 14 months ago.
Poll shows less than 25 per cent of Japanese people support 2021 Olympics
Only 23.9 per cent of people in Japan support holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year as scheduled according to a survey
US college sports face critical juncture as Covid-19 cancellations mount
Months after Covid-19 wiped out the entire spring season in US college sports, still-growing virus case rates now imperil the fall season and escalate economic tension around the country
Round-Up: Chinese basketball CEO steps down, T20 World Cup decision, BWF’s gender commitment, and more
The Chinese Basketball Association’s first chief executive officer Wang Dawei has left his post after just 14 months in the job citing “personal reasons”. The
Edmonton CFL team expected to drop Eskimos nickname
The Edmonton-based Canadian Football League franchise has decided to change its Eskimos nickname, according to multiple reports
Blue Jays denied permission to play in Toronto
Just days before the start of the amended 2020 Major League Baseball season, the Toronto Blue Jays are scrambling for a new home venue after the Canadian federal government denied the club’s petition t…
MLS delays debuts of three expansion teams due to Covid-19
Major League Soccer has delayed the arrival of three of the next four expansion teams into the league due to the ongoing financial impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic