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Nascar Truck Series given Camping World rebranding for 2021
Nascar's Truck Series will undergo a name change for 2021, reverting back to the Nascar Camping World Truck Series moniker from the current Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series branding
Australia’s SBS retains Tour de France rights until 2030
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS will take its coverage of the Tour de France to four decades after extending its rights deal with the owners and organisers of the iconic cycling race, Amaury…
Formula E not ruling out Tesla joining in future
There is a technical reason that electric car maker Tesla does not currently participate in Formula E which could change in the not-too-distant future, the electric motor racing series’ chief executive J…
Repco replaces Virgin Australia as Supercars naming rights sponsor
Australian automotive engineering and retail company Repco will take over as the naming rights partner of Supercars under a new five-year agreement
Formula 1’s Hamilton to found Extreme E team
Six-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has announced he will establish and enter his own team in electric off-road racing series Extreme E
Formula 1 launches mobile esports competition
Formula 1 has launched a global esports competition based on the F1 Mobile Racing game.
The competition is open to anyone who downloads the free game which is played on mobile devices
Round-Up: PP Sports ‘to sue’ EPL, Bach addresses Beijing expo, East Bengal to join ISL, and more
Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is going to sue the English Premier League over the termination of their media-rights contract for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, according to Chinese news service Beijing…
Round-Up: Bayern irks Chinese fans, Kohli has biggest Asian Instagram following, India proposes BRICS Games, and more
The former US ambassador to Singapore Kirk Wagar has resigned from the board of Axington, a firm linked to Bellagraph Nova Group, the company claiming to be bidding for English football club Newcastle…
F1 adds Turkey, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi to 2020 calendar
Formula 1 has announced the addition of four further races to the revised 2020 calendar, taking the total number to 17
Seven ‘finalising deal’ for Supercars rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media is finalising a media-rights deal for the Australian Supercars Championship motor-racing series
ESPN drives off with Extreme E rights across Africa
International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights across the African continent to Extreme E, the electric off-road motoring series scheduled to debut in 2021
WRC replaces Japan event with Belgium race, MXGP adds Italy triple-headers
The World Rally Championship has detailed plans for a first-ever race in Belgium, while the Motocross World Championship (MXGP) has announced that three triple-header events in Italy will replace postponed…
All F1 teams agree terms on new Concorde Agreement
Formula 1 has announced that all 10 teams have agreed to the new Concorde Agreement, that will take effect next year and run until the end of 2025
Supercars agrees multi-year Bathurst 1000 sponsorship deal with Repco
Supercars has established a new five-year agreement with Australian automotive engineering and retail company Repco to sponsor its Bathurst 1000 championship event
Round-Up: New Fifa international window, Royals deal challenges taboos, NZ North v South match returns, and more
Fifa has created a new international match window in 2022, from January 24 to February 1, to ease fixture congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic - Japan Today
Round-Up: Japan sticks with 5,000 fans, Chinese badminton league restart, O’Sullivan signs China agent, and more
Japan is to extend its 5,000-person limit on attendees at sports events and concerts beyond the initial planned period that ran until the end of August
Round-Up: Chinese sponsors exit English football deals, Seoul shuts out fans again, Uighur group calls for Beijing 2022 rethink, and more
Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
Round-Up: Tencent earnings report, IPL sponsorship targets, Diamond League returns, and more
Lars Graff has been appointed co-tournament director of the China Open tennis tournament
AMC loses exclusivity in renewed F1 deal, as F1 TV Pro to launch
Media group AMC Networks has agreed a new Formula 1 rights deal in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but will lose exclusivity as the premium F1 TV Pro version of the series’ OTT platform will launch i…
Nascar strikes multi-year sports betting deal with BetMGM
US stock car racing series Nascar has struck a multi-year sports betting agreement with online gaming company BetMGM, which has been designated an authorized gaming operator of the organization.
Spire Motorsports completes Leavine Family Racing purchase
North Carolina-based auto racing organization Spire Motorsports has completed an agreement to purchase the assets of Nascar Cup Series team Leavine Family Racing
Formula 1 Q2 revenues down nearly $600m due to Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic caused Formula 1’s revenues to drop by just under $600m (€510m) and 96 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest set of second-quarter results published by owners Liberty Med…
Sky and NBCUniversal team up on new F1 docuseries
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is to show exclusive UK coverage of a new seven-part Formula 1 documentary series as part of a tie-up with the premier motor racing property and NBCUniversal Global Distribution,…
Round-Up: Olympics ‘to go ahead amid pandemic’, Tencent pushes for games streaming merger, PKL teams ‘reject Star offer’, and more
Next year's Tokyo Olympics will take place even if the Covid-19 pandemic is still underway, said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Games' organising committee