Governance

Football
Governance

After local media reported an increase of the Chinese Super League's quota for foreign  players last week, the Chinese Football Association released a statement on Tuesday saying those reports are "completely …
Governance

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is seeking to revoke USA Badminton’s status as the national governing body for the sport after it failed to complete a host of measures needed to …
Football
Governance

World football’s governing body Fifa has today (Tuesday) handed life bans to three more senior former South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) executives, including Manuel Burga, who in December 2…
Governance

In the first of a trio of interviews with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Kevin McCullagh speaks to Masa Takaya, spokesperson and communications team leader, about what Tokyo 2020 wants to say to the world and how his team is delivering the message.
American Football
Governance

Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos is reportedly interested in purchasing a National Football League team
Athletics
Governance

Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada), has heavily criticised Nike’s involvement in the Alberto Salazar doping scandal and called on sponsors to do more to protect c…
Cycling
Governance

Velon, the organising body behind the Hammer Series cycling event, has announced that it has added a complaint of discrimination against women’s cycling to its anti-trust proceedings against the International C…
Football
Governance

Former Uefa president Michel Platini has said he is taking legal action against European football’s governing body in an effort to secure a substantial amount of back pay, along with bonus and legal f…
Cricket
Governance

The England and Wales cricket board has joined the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket Australia in opposing proposals by the International Cricket Council to launch a new flagship event…
Business

Endeavor, the US-based sports and entertainment group, whose assets include the IMG agency and UFC, has invested in Whalerock Industries in a deal that involves Lloyd Braun, the digital media company’s c…
Football
Media

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) today strongly defended its move to terminate Lagardère Sports’ 12-year global media and sponsorship rights contract, describing it as a “legal consequence” of rec…
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Six Nations Rugby has named Rupert Hunter as its new chief commercial advisor, replacing Dave Kavanagh
Basketball
Governance

After the Morey tweets, sentiment in the Chinese basketball sponsorship marketplace has swung the CBA’s way, making it easier for its leadership to focus on raising the quality of its core product: the league. Chen Yaolin finds out more.
Rugby League
Governance

Cross-code rugby international Sonny Bill Williams has reportedly been given a minority stake in the Toronto Wolfpack as part of a lucrative move to the newly-promoted Super League side
Industry Moves

Witold Bańka, Poland’s Minister for Sport and Tourism, has today (Thursday) been formally elected as the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) stating he will “always build bridges” with s…
Football
Governance

Australia's football governing body has agreed a four-year deal with the country's players' union on that "closes the pay gap" between the men's and women's national teams
Multi-sport
Governance

Vincenzo Novari has been announced as the chief executive of the 2026 winter Olympic Games, which will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy.
Football
Governance

Seven-team competition is first professional soccer league in Canada since 1992 Clubs have averaged 4,300 fans a game but OneSoccer digital ratings not made public