Governance
NCAA to use ‘March Madness’ brand for DI women’s tourney
Moniker shift was among recommendations stemming from gender equity review
USL, USLPA strike landmark CBA through 2025
The United Soccer League and USL Players Association have reached an agreement in principle on a landmark inaugural collective bargaining agreement for the USL Championship through 2025.
Longines backs Chinese alpine ski team, FIS opens Beijing office
Watchmaker Longines has agreed a sponsorship deal for China's national alpine skiing team.
Longines will be the team's designated watch brand and official timekeeper
Khan steps down as PCB chief executive four months early
Pakistan Cricket Board chief executive Wasim Khan has resigned from his post, four months before his contract was due to expire
Australian football leagues united with gender-neutral A-Leagues brand
The top divisions of men’s and women’s club football in Australia will collectively be known as the A-Leagues as part of a rebranding of the A-League and W-League.
Long-serving Schormann set for unopposed re-election as UIPM president
Klaus Schormann is set to be re-elected as president of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) after being confirmed as the only candidate for the role
Aligned Uefa and Conmebol detail plans for Italy-Argentina match
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and Uefa, football’s European governing body, have detailed plans for Argentina and Italy, the winners of their respective national team tournaments, t…
Spirit suspended from NWSL governance matters as pressure mounts on Baldwin
The National Women's Soccer League has suspended Washington Spirit from league governance matters and terminated the team's former head coach Richie Burke for cause following an independent third-party…
NBA faces rising issues in preseason with player vaccines
Holdouts involve some of the sport's most accomplished and popular talents
New IIHF president: China men’s ice hockey team faces exclusion from Olympics
Newly-elected International Ice Hockey Federation president, Luc Tardif, has admitted that China’s men’s national team faces possible exclusion from its home winter Olympic Games next year due to its “in…
DC United expands ownership group, with hip-hop artist Yo Gotti among investors
Major League Soccer's DC United has added four new members to its ownership group, headlined by musician and record executive Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims.
Kang piles pressure on Baldwin to sell NWSL’s Spirit
Washington Spirit investor Y. Michele Kang has publicly called on the National Women's Soccer League team's majority owner Steve Baldwin to step down and sell the club
France’s Tardif elected new IIHF president
Luc Tardif has been elected as the first new president of the International Ice Hockey Federation for nearly three decades, seeing off the claims of four rivals to succeed René Fasel.
Ranadive increases Kings ownership stake as Arctos Sports joins investment group
Sacramento Kings majority owner Vivek Ranadivé has increased his stake in the National Basketball Association team, while Texas-based sports investment fund Arctos Sports Partners has also acquired a …
Rwanda confirmed as 2025 UCI Road World Championships host, Lappartient re-elected
Rwanda has been awarded hosting rights for the 2025 edition of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Road World Championships.
NWSL Spirit supporters group calls on Baldwin to step down
A prominent Washington Spirit supporters group has called on owner Steve Baldwin to step down and sell the club, with the National Women's Soccer League widening its investigation into the team to include…
MLB to test pre-tacked baseballs at select MiLB games
League extends its pattern of using the affiliated minors as a key testing site
European Club Association hits out at Fifa’s ‘destructive’ World Cup proposal
The European Club Association has expressed its “grave concern and alarm” at Fifa’s proposal to make the World Cup a biennial event and believes the plans would have a “direct and destructive” impact on…