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Biathlon
Governance

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has approved final versions of a new strategic plan and constitution which president Olle Dahlin believes will herald the start of a “truly new and exciting era” for…
Governance

Following Premier Li Keqiang's comments about increasing fitness and sports consumption in China, the China State Council released a plan named the "Outline For Building A Leading Sports Nation", which…
Football
Governance

On Monday, newly-appointed chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Yuyuan, met with the president of the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam, Prince Sufri Bolkiah, and signed a…
Football
Sports Betting

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar is threatening legal action against rival firm Genius Sports over a dispute concerning the latter’s exclusive ability to gather data from all competitions o…
Football
Industry Moves

Simon Thomas, the experienced sports marketing executive, is to replace Philippe Le Floc’h as chief commercial officer at Fifa, football’s international federation.
Boxing
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced hosts for five qualification events for boxing at the 2020 summer Olympic Games, along with engaging professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers…
Rugby Union
Governance

The 13 clubs of Premiership Rugby have admitted defeat in their attempts to scrap relegation from the division to the second-tier Championship
Governance

The Chinese government will put greater emphasis on bolstering the sports industry and enhancing sport and fitness consumption as part of an effort to raise living standards
Football
Industry Moves

German football outfit Bayern Munich has officially announced that its former captain Oliver Kahn will return to the club as a board member from next year and as chief executive in 2022
Basketball
Finance & Law

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) generated revenues of CHF98.3m (€89.6m/$99.1m) in 2018, including commercial receipts of CHF75.4m, but reported a net loss of CHF5.3
Athletics
Finance & Law

The IAAF has renegotiated a controversial contract with Dentsu agreed by its former president Lamine Diack. SportBusiness has seen a copy of the agreement and a letter from the IAAF's lawyer in which he describes some of the 'unusual provisions'. Ben Cronin reports.
Athletics
Governance

The IAAF has renegotiated parts of the controversial 10-year marketing and media rights partnership agreed by its former president Lamine Diack with Japanese marketing agency Dentsu
Football
Governance

Nicolas Leoz, a long-time president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and key figure in the wide-ranging corruption scandal that hit world football in 2015, has died at the age of…
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Angela Ruggiero, the chief executive and founder of the Sports Innovation Lab, Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player, and former chief strategy officer of the LA 2028 Olympics bid, has been appointed…
Rugby Union
Governance

After almost going bankrupt in 2018 following the collapse of for-profit subsidiary Rugby International Marketing (RIM), USA Rugby is pinning its hopes on being awarded the 2027 or 2031 Rugby World Cup. Bob Williams examines how the sport is growing in the States.
Basketball
Governance

Hamane Niang has today (Thursday) been elected as the new president of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba), replacing Horacio Muratore
Athletics
Governance

French investigators looking into the commercial dealings of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) asked Swiss authorities to raid the offices of Athletic Management Services (AMS)…