Industry Moves

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
Tennis
Governance

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) is seeking a new CEO amid a major restructure of its senior leadership that will see a change in role for Steve Simon and the departure of president, Micky Lawler.
Football
Industry Moves

The German Football Association (DFB) has promoted its senior marketing and sales executive Holger Blask to the role of chief executive
Football
Industry Moves

The Football Association has appointed digital media executive James Gray as its new commercial director to replace Navin Singh who will soon take up a leading role with Six Nations Rugby
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

The IMG agency has appointed Luke Organ as senior vice-president of global partnerships for its media business.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, is to set up a UK business division, headquartered in London, next month
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Joel Seymour-Hyde has left his role as managing director of Octagon UK after more than 16 years with the agency
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment (S&E) top executives Steve Martin and Jamie Wynne-Morgan have left the agency after nearly two decades following a major restructure of its UK operations.
Football
Industry Moves

Esteve Calzada, one of football's top marketing executives, has quit his role as chief commercial officer at the City Football Group, the multi-club ownership group spearheaded by Manchester City, to join…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Jeff Shell, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal (NBCU), is to join US private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners to lead its sports and entertainment investment business