Industry Moves

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Former BBC and Discovery executive Dominic Coles has entered into a partnership with NPG Sport & Communication, the Norwegian brand activation agency
Basketball
Industry Moves

Sportfive has appointed Chris Russell as director of global sales for its basketball division
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Iris Sport Media, the company set up by Ioris Francini and his former IMG colleagues Floris Weisz and Luca Baldanza, has recruited Graham Wallace as chief corporate and financial officer
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Roger Lodewick, president of sports games at esports’ ESL FACEIT Group and previously of Team Marketing, has been recruited by Viaplay to lead its operations in the Netherlands.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Keith Pelley is to depart as CEO of the DP World Tour for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to become company's president and chief executive and is expected to be replaced by Ryder Cup director Guy Kinnings.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

CAA Eleven’s Emmanuel Homaidan is taking up a leading sponsorship sales role at the International Olympic Committee, SportBusiness understands.
Tennis
Industry Moves

ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, has appointed Mark Hogan from the English Football Association (FA) as director of sales.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

DAZN has recruited Walker Jacobs from Twitch to the newly created position of global chief revenue officer and president of DAZN’s US operation.
Football
Governance

Hans-Joachim Watzke, one of the most powerful figures in German football, is to step down as chief executive of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund by the end of 2025
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Marie Donoghue, who played an integral role in growing Amazon's sports rights portfolio in the United States, is to leave the online retail giant
Mixed Martial Arts
Sponsorship & Marketing

TKO Group, the Endeavor-owned public company created by last year’s merger of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has announced plans to combine the globa…
Mixed Martial Arts
Industry Moves

Hari Vijayarajan, chief commercial officer at ONE Championship, has left his role to become a regional chief executive at Reebelo, the Singapore-based consumer electronics resale platform
Basketball
Industry Moves

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has appointed Clare Akamanzi as the new chief executive of NBA Africa
American Football
Events

The National Football League had a big 2023 with new commercial deals, extensions and major moves on the streaming front. In this year-end review, SportBusiness takes a look at 12 months of deals and developments covered by our team of reporters.
Basketball
Industry Moves

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has promoted Amy Brooks to the newly-created position of president of New Business Ventures, as the league looks to grow the property and its revenues around the…
Olympic Games
Industry Moves

Kathy Carter has stepped down as chief executive of LA28, the organising committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with no immediate successor named
Golf
Media

The PGA Tour has begun the search for a senior media rights executive with experience across the Asia-Pacific region, following a decision taken at the start of the year to manage the sale of its international media rights in-house.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Russell Wolff, who recently left ESPN after 26 years with the Disney-owned sports broadcaster, is joining global investment firm Sixth Street