Governance

Tom Dundon, who has been majority owner of the Carolina Hurricanes since January 2018, has taken full ownership of the National Hockey League team

Feld Motor Sports, the promoter of the Supercross Championship, will not be renewing its sanctioning agreement with the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), with the series to revert back to a…

Abrupt cancellation of scheduled trial suggests settlement could be nearing

Brigitte Henriques has been elected president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), becoming the first woman to hold the role

A working group has been set up to explore the formation of a new independent league body for football’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Dan Snyder has set the lofty goal of transforming Washington Football Team into the National Football League's "most diverse and inclusive" franchise after bringing in his wife Tanya as the team's co-chief…

The Rugby Football Union Council has voted to extend the freeze on relegation from the Premiership and second-tier Championship for a further two seasons, a move which will see England's top rugby union…

Governing body details stopgap measures in advance of implementation

Spain’s Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has announced that fans will be able to return to LaLiga football stadiums and Liga ACB basketball arenas when their 2021-22 seasons get underway.

The United States Soccer Federation has hit out at a "concerning level of dishonesty" in LFG, a new documentary about the US women’s national team's equal pay lawsuit against the governing body.

Constant Omari, the former president of the Congo DR Football Association and an ex-vice president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has been suspended from football for one year by Fifa…

Husain Al-Musallam, the new Fina president, has promised to make aquatic sports' global governing body “more transparent in every area of our work”, as he committed to implementing reforms across the org…

International Weightlifting Federation interim president Michael Irani has today (Thursday) issued an “unreserved apology” to all athletes cheated of the opportunity to compete fairly after charges wer…

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has seen his eight-year doping ban reduced to four years and three months following a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport yesterday (Tuesday)

Rugby Australia is growing frustrated with the talks for next season's Super Rugby Trans-Tasman tournament due to New Zealand’s strong bargaining position and the potential addition of two new franchises t…

The Provincial Court of Madrid has ruled in favour of LaLiga, the organising body of the top two tiers of Spanish club football, in a dispute with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) over the staging…

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has named Michel Vion as the full-time successor to Sarah Lewis as its secretary general following a virtual FIS Council meeting

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has offered Rs10 crore ($1.35m/€1.1