Americas

Basketball
Governance

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is to expand into Canada for the first time in 2026, when Toronto joins as the 14th team
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Vasco da Gama has landed the biggest sponsorship deal in its history, selling its front-of-shirt inventory to Betfair, as the battle for market share among betting brands in Brazil escalates
Basketball
Finance & Law

Speaking on the back of Warner Bros. Discovery's latest financial results, CEO David Zaslav claims to be "hopeful" that it will retain NBA domestic rights in a deal "that makes sense for both sides" with the broadcaster holding a matching right clause.
Football
Stadia

Rio de Janeiro football giants come out on top in a tender process involving Série A rival Vasco da Gama for a 20-year contract to operate the historic stadium.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Endeavor's Owned Sports Properties was the entertainment giant's sole business unit to show revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024, aided by last year's acquisition of WWE, as the wider group swung to a net loss.
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Formula 1's revenue broke the $500m (€465.7m) barrier for the first quarter of this year, with the addition of an extra race in the period and strong performances across all three main revenue drivers paying dividends.
Professional Wrestling
Media

NBCUniversal has agreed a cut-price deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to continue showing 'Monday Night Raw' for the remainder of 2024, until the bumper 10-year global contract with Netflix kicks…
Multiple Sports
Media

Disney is confident of retaining its National Basketball Association rights ahead of a new deal that would begin in 2025, chief executive Bob Iger has declared
Motorsport
Media

Lando Norris' first Formula 1 victory at the Miami Grand Prix on May 5 drew the largest live audience for an F1 race in the United States with 3.1 million tuning into ABC's telecast
Ice Hockey
Industry Moves

David Abrutyn, a 30-year sports industry veteran, is joining the sports division of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to bolster its ice hockey business.
Multiple Sports
Media

Three Chicago sports teams — the National Basketball Association's Bulls, the National Hockey League's Blackhawks, and Major League Baseball's White Sox — are partnering with Standard Media Group to for…
Football
Finance & Law

Investment fund 777 Partners has been accused of a $350m fraud and double-pledging of assets in a US lawsuit which represents the most serious threat yet to its controversial multi-club ownership model.
Multiple Sports
Media

FuboTV, DirecTV and Dish Network are among a group of eight media entities in the United States that have urged Congress to conduct a hearing into the sports streaming joint venture proposed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Football
Media

A national backlash against a government move to take matches of the Argentinian national football team off state television has prompted sub-licensing negotiations between broadcast executives.
American Football
Technology

The National Football League's Ticket Network, the league's open ticketing system, has expanded from two to three licensed channels with the addition of Sports Illustrated Tickets
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Visa has selected Inter Miami as its entrance point for sponsorship in MLS, with the appeal of working with Lionel Messi bringing another blue chip firm into the club's commercial portfolio.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The US states of New York and Florida have joined a legal complaint against the NCAA for its continuing attempts to prohibit marketing contracts for athletes at the recruitment stage.
Motorsport
Governance

A group of US Congress members has written to Formula 1 owner Liberty Media demanding to know why Andretti-GM’s application to join the motor racing series was blocked and raising concerns over “apparent ant…