Governance
Round-Up: T20 World Cup announcement, Vietnam eyeing November Grand Prix, Victoria’s sports exodus, and more
After months of speculation, the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup is reportedly set to be postponed this week. Australian media reports say an official announcement will be made on Friday.
PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament abandons plan to have limited spectators
The PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament will now be held without spectators next week due to the rapidly changing dynamics of the global Covid-19 pandemic, it has been announced.
Tokyo 2020-friendly Koike re-elected, public dubious about Games
Yuriko Koike was re-elected as Governor of Tokyo at the weekend, beating 21 challengers including at least two who were opposed to the Olympics taking place in the city next year
NHL, NHLPA reach agreement on health protocols
League, union move key step closer to restart
MLB’s Covid-19 angst rises even after low initial rates
Initially low test results followed by more player opt-outs
Wigan Athletic administration is a ‘global scandal’, MP says
Pressure is growing in the UK for an inquiry into the events that placed English Football League club Wigan Athletic into administration
J.League restarts after four-month layoff
Japanese football's J.League top division resumed on Saturday after a four-month break due to Covid-19
Redskins, Indians move closer to name changes
Both the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians have moved closer than ever to changing their nicknames in the wake of quickly mounting corporate a…
World Athletics condemns RusAF for failing to pay $5m doping fine
World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, has said the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) is falling “well short of expectations” after confirming that the world governing body has not received the pay…
Round-Up: Russia fails to pay athletics fine, overseas IPL ‘likely’, Sha Tin Racecourse opens to punters, and more
World Athletics has halted the process allowing Russian track and field athletes to compete internationally as neutral athletes after Russian Athletics missed a deadline to pay a $6
Lords committee recommends ban on gambling sports sponsorship
A House of Lords committee has today (Thursday) called for a ban on gambling sports sponsorship as part of wide-ranging recommendations to address gambling-related harm
Major League Lacrosse to play 2020 season as week-long tournament
Major League Lacrosse has announced it will stage its 2020 season as a week-long quarantined tournament in Annapolis, Maryland, in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Redskins face heightened pressure to change name
Investment firms, shareholders lean on team's key corporate partners
NFL, NFLPA finalizing plans to cut 2020 preseason
First and fourth week of preseason schedule set to be dropped
Shashank Manohar steps down as ICC chairman
Indian lawyer Shashank Manohar has stepped down as chairman of the International Cricket Council ahead of upcoming elections for the post
NHL shifts focus to Toronto, Edmonton as hub cities
The National Hockey League is expected to choose the Canadian markets of Edmonton and Toronto as its two hub cities in the league's 24-team, return-to-play plan in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Fifa bans ex-finance director Kattner over bonus payments
The adjudicatory chamber of the Fifa’s Ethics Committee has found Markus Kattner, world football’s governing body’s former finance director, guilty of conflicts of interest and having abused his posit…
CAF postpones Cameroon’s Cup of Nations, appoints commercial director
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed its 2021 Africa Cup of Nations by a year and cancelled this year’s women’s tournament, while Ali Aïssaoui has been appointed as the body’s commer…