Finance & Law

Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) chief executive Tayyab Ikram has been elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), seeing off the challenge of Marc Coudron

Nike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving after the National Basketball Association star player posted on social media a link to a movie that perpetuated antisemitic falsehoods

Formula 1 has reported revenues of $715m (€721m) for the third quarter of 2022, a seven-per-cent increase on the same period in 2021 but a slight decrease compared with the $744m posted in the second q…

A commercial advisory group to the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is to review the “challenges” posed by recent International Olympic Committee initiatives, including the…

Asia Rugby has announced a strategic agreement with sports marketing agency Redstrike. The deal will see Redstrike develop the regional rugby union association’s commercial and sponsorship programmes.

California-based sports marketing, music and talent agency Wasserman has received a strategic investment from private equity firm Providence Equity Partners

A group of British politicians have called on English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur to terminate its sponsorship agreement with Hong Kong-based insurance firm AIA

Italian Serie A club Inter Milan has confirmed that it is searching for a new front-of-shirt sponsor amid the financial struggles of blockchain network DigitalBits

Virtual advertising technology company UniqFEED has announced the closing of a Series C funding round led by a single backer, private investment company Patinex

Shinichi Ueno, president of Japanese advertising firm ADK Holdings, has been arrested in connection with the corruption scandal over sponsorship deals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while…

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has disclosed it has committed to spending more than $2bn (€2.06bn) on long-term football sponsorship deals this year.

Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa has accepted the resignations of chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa and vice-chairman Masaki Matsubara with the company embroiled in a corruption scandal over sponsorship…

American investment company 777 Partners has acquired a stake in Australian A-Leagues football club Melbourne Victory, adding to a portfolio that now includes five football clubs around the world

India’s government has warned broadcasters against advertising gambling products following the rise of what it describes as “online offshore betting platforms” using news websites as a “surrogate product…

TGI Sport, the Bruin Capital and Quadrant Private Equity-backed media and marketing agency, has concluded a trio of acquisitions in the virtual, digital and LED advertising marketplace by agreeing a deal…

TGI Sport, the Bruin Capital-backed media and marketing agency, has announced its second acquisition in the space of a week, agreeing a deal to buy US-based virtual advertising and virtual product placement…

TGI Sport, the virtual advertising technology, media and marketing company part owned by Bruin Capital, has agreed a deal to acquire specialist virtual advertising solutions agency the Interregional Sports…