Finance and Law

English Premier League club Liverpool has confirmed a two-month extension of its kit supply deal with New Balance to cover the extended 2019-20 season

Australia's cricket and rugby governing bodies are to implement further cost-cutting measures in response to the Covid-19 downturn

New Zealand Cricket is planning cuts to its staff, including senior staff, of between 10 and 15 per cent, as revenue plummets

New Zealand’s National Basketball League has launched a direct-to-consumer global streaming service allowing viewers outside the country to pay to watch coverage of the competition.

As the end of May approaches and the Premier League continues to work on ‘Project Restart’, Adam Nelson examines the legal issues facing English football’s operating bodies as they push for football’s return.

Manchester United has abandoned its annual financial targets and posted a drop in quarterly earnings and revenue, as the economic impact of Covid-19 begins to be felt

SportBusiness, the leading provider of news, data and insight for the global sports sector, has launched a new service to provide its worldwide audience with access to the information, opinion and analysis…

Shen Jiang, senior associate at Jingtian & Gongcheng, and Luca Ferrari, partner and global head of sports at Withers, consider the legal issues around the player wage reductions now agreed by all Chinese Super league clubs

Omar Chaudhuri, chief intelligence officer at 21st Club, reflects on how the transfer market will change and impact clubs of all sizes during and after the Covid-19 crisis

Nick White, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, discusses the implications and impacts of the Covid-19 hiatus on ticketing.

David Griffiths, senior member of the sports and entertainment team at Miller Insurance, on the challenges presented by playing sport behind closed doors.

In the third and final part of our interview, Fiorentina general director Joe Barone says that while a salary cap might work in US sport it  would create competitive imbalance in European football unless …

In part two of a three-part interview, Fiorentina general director Joe Barone explains why lack of modern infrastructure limits gameday revenue and impacts competition, and outlines his club's infrastructure…

Chris Russo, chief executive of Fifth Generation Sports LLC, looks at the US market for sports-related M&A deals and their future prospects amid the Covid-19 pandemic

US technology giant Apple has reached an agreement to acquire virtual reality technology company NextVR

Prominent gaming company sees no long-term drag due to pandemic

Global investment holding company Tennor has completed a deal to acquire a stake in the Global Champions Tour (GCT) and Global Champions League (GCL) equestrian series from US businessman Frank McCourt…