Finance & Law

Multi-sport

Wanda Sports Group, the sports marketing entity that houses the Infront agency, has received an offer from a subsidiary company of Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda, the Chinese multinational conglomerate, t…
Multi-sport

Clubs in the AFC Champions League East Zone are facing logistical hurdles to complete their matches in the competition, including clashes with domestic leagues, pressure from domestic broadcasters and…
Rugby Union

The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the organising body for French rugby’s union’s Top 14 and Pro D2, is open to continuing discussions over a private equity deal worth €200m ($233.4m) b
Multi-sport

Alibaba-owned streaming platform Youku Sports will stream live coverage of Italian Serie A and German Bundesliga matches this season in a tie-up with PP Sports, the streaming platform that currently has…
Multi-sport

The English Premier League is facing demands for rebates from Asian broadcasters over the rescheduling of matches to evening kick-off times to suit UK-based fans
Multi-sport

The Indian Premier League's opening match this year drew a viewership of 200m on television on digital platforms, a BCCI official has said, quoting figures from India's official audience research bureau…
Handball

The Swiss Handball Federation (SHV) has reported revenues of CHF7.04m (€6.54m/$7.69m) for the 2019-20 period, including CHF930,001 generated from the sale of sponsorship rights.
Multi-sport

A consulting company working for the committee bidding to secure the 2020 Olympics hosting rights for Tokyo transferred $370,000 (€314,000) to Papa Massata Diack, the son of jailed ex-IAAF president L…
Multi-sport

A criminal trial of former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of sports pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports Nasser Al-Khelaifi began in Switzerland yesterday
Football

Juventus has seen its losses rise by €31.5m ($37.3m) to €71.4m for the year ending June 30, 2020, with the Italian Serie A football club laying bare the effects of Covid-19 on its financial affairs.
Football

Infront and the German Football Federation (DFB) have reached a settlement after the domestic football body’s moves to terminate a sponsorship and pitchside advertising rights sales contract with the a…
Athletics

World Athletics registered a loss of $17.42m (€14.71m/£13.58m) in 2019, further eating into its cash reserves in the year before the Covid-19 pandemic struck the sports industry.
Football

The Sportfive agency has been appointed by the German Football Federation (DFB) to supply LED perimeter advertising at Germany’s international fixtures and DFB-Pokal matches in a two-year agreement.
Cricket

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said "important and intensive discussions" were taking place in the coming weeks about Covid-19 counter measures for the Tokyo Olympics
Multi-sport

The International Olympic Committee has questioned the validity of a study from Oxford University that criticised the organisation for its failure to address hosting cost overruns
Badminton

The French Open tennis championship at Roland Garros later this month will allow entry to up to 11,500 fans per day - Reuters/CNA
Motorsport

Formula 1 motor-racing team Mercedes has reported rises in profit and revenue for 2019, while Renault has announced it will rebrand as Alpine for the 2021 season
Cricket

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…