Global

Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

MRF Tyres is expected to reduce its presence in cricket after deciding against renewing its global sponsorship of the ICC, according to reports.
Paralympic Games
Events

Organisers of Paris’ Paralympics have launched an advertising campaign in a bid to boost slow-moving ticket sales for different sports in recent months.
Football
Sports Betting

Stats Perform has agreed a deal for international betting streaming rights to the English Football League in all markets except the Americas, SportBusiness understands
Multiple Sports
Media

News of the production of three Olympic focused documentaries on Netflix is further evidence of the IOC's attempts to better engage an audience in between Games.
Volleyball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Volleyball World, the sport's commercial entity, has signed its first global betting sponsor covering both its indoor and beach disciplines, a five-year agreement with 1xBet.
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

A 78-per-cent jump in Sportradar’s Q1 sports rights costs on the back of its new ATP agreement and first season of an NBA extension contributed to a narrow net loss but the company claims to be already f…
Football
Events

Fifa has approved plans for its first Women’s Club World Cup and in a potentially ground-breaking move, set up a working party to review rules that currently block the staging of club matches overseas.
American Football
Media

Netflix has made its first move into live American football and struck its first agreement with a major sports league, today (Wednesday) announcing a three-season deal with the NFL
Football
Sports Betting

Czech agency Pragosport has been awarded the international betting video rights to the top two Czech football leagues from 2024-25 to 2028-29
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

The merging of Endeavor’s OpenBet and IMG Arena has led to a high-profile casualty as Max Wright, who has been with IMG for 11 years, negotiating various betting rights deals with sports bodies, leaves the company.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Confederation of African Football is planning to introduce virtual overlay advertising at its events for the first time and has invited suppliers to submit bids for the contract, SportBusiness understands.
Rugby Union
Media

World Rugby is increasingly looking to unbundle commercial rights to the women’s game, following similar steps taken by Fifa and Uefa in recent years, but believes that bundled rights deals “still make sense” in certain markets.
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.
Multiple Sports

Environmental Sustainability Report New report enables clubs, fans, journalists and anyone in the sports ecosystem to easily find information relating to top flight English football clubs
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Genius Sports’ first-quarter net loss remaining flat at $25.5m comes as improved revenue generation at its betting and media divisions underpinned the financial performance.
Football
Events

Brazil is the favourite to stage the 2027 Women’s World Cup after Fifa’s evaluation report scored its bid more highly than its European rival from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Orsen sports marketing agency has landed the contract to handle the commercial rights for Fiba 3x3 basketball competitions globally.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Williams Racing is looking to secure a new title sponsor in time for the start of the 2025 Formula 1 season, SportBusiness can reveal.