Covid-19
Pandemic insurance payment of £174m offsets £288m decline in AELTC turnover
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser of the Wimbledon Championships, has so far received £174m ($241.4m/€200.8m
Canadian GP ‘set for cancellation’, F1 nears Miami race deal
Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix is facing up to the prospect of cancellation for the second year in a row, while the motor-racing championship appears to be close to concluding a deal for a new race i…
Republic FC, VenueNext partner on contactless concessions
Latest effort seeks to create unified, mobile-based fan experience
Jaguars align with Honeywell on safe stadium initiative
Dashboard developed by technology company will monitor stadium controls
Uefa OKs Rome’s Euro 2020 hosting after fan attendance approval
Rome has secured its host city status for Uefa Euro 2020 after the Italian government gave the green light to permit the Stadio Olimpico to be filled by at least 25 per cent of its capacity
Nizhny Novgorod to stage Basketball Champions League Final 8
The Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has been awarded hosting rights to the 2021 Basketball Champions League Final 8, with fan attendance planned for the event
IPC follows IOC in scaling back Tokyo 2020 guest accreditations
The International Paralympic Committee has followed the International Olympic Committee in announcing substantial cuts to the number of people it will accredit as guests for Tokyo’s postponed summer Ol…
FIGC calls on Prime Minister to secure Rome’s Euro 2020 status
Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina has called on the country’s Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, to help ensure Rome keeps its hosting rights to Uefa Euro 2020.
TSN refuses to carry World Men’s Curling Championship game due to Covid-19 concerns
Canadian host broadcaster TSN refused to carry an April 11 World Men's Curling Championship playoff game between the United States and Switzerland due to Covid-19 concerns
PWHPA postpones St. Louis stop due to Covid-19 outbreak
The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association postponed its Dream Gap Tour stop in St. Louis, Missouri, over the weekend after one of its teams suffered a Covid-19 exposure
Indonesia’s MotoGP return moved to 2022
Indonesia's return to MotoGP hosting has been postponed due to the pandemic and is now scheduled for March 2022
Tokyo Olympics diving qualifying event rescheduled
An Olympics diving qualifier in Tokyo that looked to have been cancelled last week will now go ahead following an agreement between the international aquatics federation and Japanese authorities
UK sports bodies back Covid certification as ‘credible option’ for full stadia
A group of the UK’s leading sports rights-holders have written an open letter to the country’s politicians in support of Covid-19 certification as a ‘credible option’ to enable full capacity stadiums from Ju…
Dublin, Bilbao under threat as Uefa weighs up Euro 2020 hosting plans
Dublin and Bilbao appear to be at risk of losing host city status for football's Uefa Euro 2020, after the deadline closed for venues to provide fan attendance guarantees for the postponed edition of the…
European Tour postpones returning Open de France
Golf’s European Tour has been forced to postpone the Open de France’s return to its calendar due to the Covid-19 situation in the country.
NBA partners with Clear to facilitate increased attendances
The National Basketball Association has announced a partnership with biometric screening company Clear, which will make its Health Pass technology available to all NBA teams for Covid-19 health screenings …
NCAA open to single-site model for future basketball tourneys
Governing body encouraged by operational successes amid pandemic