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.

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League has unveiled a $4.6bn (€4.3bn) plan to build a domed stadium on the lakefront area next to current home Soldier Field. Half the cost of the $4.6

Portuguese Primeira Liga club FC Porto has agreed a 25-year deal with Spanish company Ithaka to sell 30 per cent of the economic rights to its Dragão stadium in return for a €65m ($69.2m) investment.

ESL FACEIT Group has agreed a wide-ranging five-year deal with Qiddiya City that will see it play a key role in the development of a gaming and esports district in Saudi Arabia.

Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics have hired global experiences company Legends to manage premium seating and ticket sales for the franchise's new ballpark in Las Vegas

Total revenue in the top two divisions of German football broke the €5bn ($5.4bn) barrier for the first time in the 2022-23 season, with almost two-thirds of all clubs now operating in the black following the long-running impact of the pandemic.

The venue infrastructure plan for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is set for a significant overhaul after the Queensland Government elected to scrap a planned major redevelopment of the Gabba and reject a review committee’s recommendation to build a new “world class stadium”.

The Chicago Bears, of the National Football League, is planning to build a new stadium just south of its current home, Soldier Field, with more than $2bn (€1.8bn) to be invested for the domed stadium.

The Kansas City Current have unveiled features of its new home, CPKC Stadium, which the National Women's Soccer League side claims is the world's first purpose-built ground for women's professional sport

AC Milan is to build the first new football stadium in Italy since 2011, after its US financier owner Gerry Cardinale outlined plans for a 70,000-seat sports and entertainment arena

Shipping company FedEx has ended its stadium naming-rights deal with the National Football League's Washington Commanders two years early

Construction has begun on what is set to become Nigeria’s first major arena, with the Lagos venue seeking to attract the likes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), wrestling promotion WWE and boxing and basketball events.

JPMorgan Chase, the US multinational investment bank and financial services company, has struck a short-term naming rights deal for the home stadium of Major League Soccer's Inter Miami CF.

Portuguese top-tier club FC Porto has secured major external investment of up to €70m ($75.8m) which it plans to use to modernise its Estádio do Dragão home.

Todd Kline has resigned as chief commercial officer of Tottenham Hotspur after less than three years in the role, and is expected to join Premier League rivals Chelsea FC

The Tennessee Titans has announced Verizon as its exclusive wireless telecoms sponsor of its new Nissan Stadium, which is due to open in 2027.

NFL franchise the San Francisco 49ers and Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) have announced a proposed 10-year extension to their stadium naming rights and team sponsorship deal worth a combined $170m (€156.4m).

The impending takeover of Two Circles by UK-based private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners is expected to spark a string of acquisitions by the data-driven sports marketing agency in the coming…