Covid-19

Cricket
Finance & Law

The Blitz agency, domestic broadcast rights-holder of the Pakistan Super League, has taken legal action against the Pakistan Cricket Board over rights payments for the suspended 2020 season of the Twenty20…
Formula 1
Fan Engagement

The sale of personalised squares within Formula 1’s official chequered flag has been extended to the end of the 2020 season after strong interest from fans.
Athletics
Esports

World Athletics has halted the process allowing Russian track and field athletes to compete internationally as neutral athletes after Russian Athletics missed a deadline to pay a $6
Basketball
Events

Insurance companies are removing or ramping up the cost of pandemic insurance for sports events - CNA/Reuters South Korean football's K League hopes to have fans back in stadiums from July 10 - Yonhap
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The lower-tier stadium wraps that have featured in every Premier League match since the restart were conceived and delivered in weeks, SportBusiness can reveal
American Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Move designed to be both safety enhancement and new revenue driver
Olympic Sports
Events

Tokyo 2020 organisers are starting talks with sponsors next month about the implications of the rescheduled Olympics
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

A survey by the European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has revealed a mood of ‘cautious optimism’ among stakeholders in sponsorship as sport and entertainment returns from the hiatus forced by the Cov…
Basketball
Events

In a positive sign for next year's Olympics, Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yasuhiro Yamashita has told his international counterparts that Tokyo is gradually resuming sporting activities - Kyodo News
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian football club Flamengo has signed a three-year main shirt sponsorship contract with Banco de Brasília (BRB) that will see the two organisations partner on the launch a new digital bank.
Australian Rules Football
Events

Organisers of this year's Wuhan Open WTA Tour event, pencilled for October 19 to 25, told Agence France Presse that it will be "hugely symbolic" in terms of the city's fight against Covid-19 should it…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

TIM Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of Telecom Italia, has renewed sponsorship contracts with the 'big four' football clubs in Rio de Janeiro – Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Food delivery brand Just Eat has signed as the ‘Official Food Delivery Partner of iFollow’, the EFL’s live-streaming platform. A
Esports
Events

Dentsu is increasing its esports footprint by establishing a strategic partnership with the Singapore-based Global Esports Federation to promote the development of esports
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian mineral water brand San Bernardo has signed as the front-of-shirt sponsor of Italian Serie A club Sampdoria for the rest of the season.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Motorsports stakeholders and more prominent rights-holders are tending to drive the hardest bargain in the renegotiation of sponsorship contracts during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the head of…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais is still locked in negotiations over a potential stadium naming rights renewal with insurance group Groupama
Cricket
Media

Sri Lanka Cricket has again been forced into extending its global media-rights invitation to tender process, amid reports of concerns from bidders over the status of its scheduled series against India