Football

The National Women's Soccer League and Canadian Premier League have become the latest North American professional soccer leagues to suspend their seasons due to the global Covid-19 outbreak

The World Snooker Championship has been postponed just days after promotor Barry Hearn suggested that the event could take place behind closed doors during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s federal cartel office, has given the all clear for the German Football League (DFL) to launch its invitation to tender for domestic Bundesliga rights.

Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation (FFF), has expressed his desire for the Ligue 1 season to run until at least July 15 to ensure all domestic leagues in Europe are completed.

Football’s Spanish LaLiga and the Formula 1 motor-racing series have today (Friday) announced plans to fill the gaps left by their respective postponements by launching virtual competitions for fans t…

Fifa has opened up its match archive across its owned and social media channels and is allowing broadcast partners access to archive rights to fill their schedules during the Covid-19 outbreak

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has given French pay-television broadcasters Canal Plus and beIN Sports access to a host of archive content for free following the postponement of 2019-20 Ligue…

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has insisted that cancelling this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the Covid-19 outbreak is not under consideration.

Premier League side AFC Bournemouth has announced a pre-tax loss of £32.4m (€35.4m/$38.9m) for the financial year to June 30, 2019, taking in the 2018-19 season.

Coca-Cola’s modest investment in the title rights to Italy’s 2019 Supercoppa appears to have been so successful that the US beverage company is in advanced negotiations for a deal covering the country’s main domestic cup, the Coppa Italia.

Brazil's top-tier football division, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, has signed up online gambling firm Betcris as its latest sponsor.

English professional football will remain postponed until April 30 at the earliest, with stakeholders today (Thursday) reaching an agreement that will allow the domestic season to extend beyond June 1

Fifa has agreed to delay the inaugural staging of its revamped Club World Cup in China to accommodate the new dates for the European Championship and Copa América national team tournaments, adding that …

The English Football League (EFL), governing body of the three divisions below the Premier League, has said it will provide a £50m (€53.3m/$57.5m

Officials in Italy and Spain have expressed hope that Serie A and LaLiga may be able to restart in May, as Lars-Christer Olsson, chairman of the European Leagues group, stated forward planning is hopeful…

Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord is expected to switch its car category sponsor from mid-range car brand Opel to high-end German rival BMW from next season

Tottenham Hotspur has announced record revenue for the 2018-19 season, with overall turnover growing by £80m (€85m/$92m) off the back of the club’s appearance in the 2019 Uefa Champions League final. 

The 20 clubs that make up Ligue 1, the top division of French club football, have reportedly agreed on a revenue distribution system for the competition’s next broadcast rights cycle.