Governance

Basketball
Governance

The National Basketball Association is reportedly in talks with the NBA Players Association and its broadcast partners about overhauling the entire league schedule, which would include a shorter regular…
Tennis
Industry Moves

Massimo Calvelli, senior sports marketing director at Nike, is set to take over the chief executive role at the Association of Tennis Professionals, according to reports
Football
Events

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has said it will hold talks to determine the dates of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Cameroon, while the governing body has been forced into a new…
Athletics
Governance

Russia is facing renewed questions over its status in world sport after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) charged the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), senior officials and high-jumper Danil Lysenko…
Football
Governance

AS Roma has said that it is in preliminary talks with potential investors over a possible sale of the Italian Serie A club. Club shares rose 16
Finance & Law

Football Federation Australia has released its annual statement for the 2019 financial year, revealing an 11-per-cent year-on-year growth in broadcasting revenues of A$6.2m (€3.8m/$4.2m
Football
Governance

The Chinese Football Association has instructed Chinese clubs to halt player contract talks as it prepares to introduce new regulations, including a salary cap, next month
Basketball
Business

The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has signed a wide-ranging collaboration agreement with Ningbo Weilburg Tianshan Investment M…
Football
Governance

Gaetano Miccichè, the president of Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, resigned yesterday (Tuesday) after a month-long investigation into the circumstances surrounding his election on March 19 la…
Golf
Events

Golf’s European Tour has moved to postpone next week’s Hong Kong Open amid ongoing civil unrest in the city.
Volleyball
Events

The Volleyball Federation of India has cancelled its contract with sports marketing agency Baseline Ventures under which the two organisations run the franchise-based Pro Volleyball League
Governance

China's Supreme People's Court this week introduced criminal punishments for a range of sports doping-related activities, to take effect from January 1, 2020
Baseball
Business

Bipartisan mix of legislators pointedly say removal of affiliated teams would "devastate" their local communities
Boxing
Governance

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has enlisted the services of prominent sports lawyer François Carrard to aid its reform process, while it has decided to postpone its extraordinary congress …
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

German financial services company Allianz, the main sponsor of Saracens, has said it will hold talks with the English Premiership rugby union club after it opted not to contest heavy sanctions imposed…
Governance

The International University Sports Federation re-elected Russia's Oleg Matytsin as president and elected China's Shen Zhen as vice-chairman, at its general assembly in Turin, Italy on Saturday
Football
Governance

The war of words between the leaders of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga has continued, with the latter’s president, Javier Tebas, shrugging off a call for him to resign.
Baseball
Business

New list details set of minor league clubs that could lose their affiliations with MLB parents