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The European Handball Federation (EHF) has presented a competition plan to potentially resume playing at the beginning of June, with president Michael Wiederer having addressed the governing body’s plans t…
Events Multi-Sport

Matchroom Sport’s Barry Hearn is continuing to look at ways to stage live sports events behind closed doors despite the UK being in a state of ‘lockdown’ due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. H
Industry Moves Esports

Željko Karajica, a leading figure in the German sports media-rights industry, has taken up a position as consultant to #loggedinfestival, the new online esports platform. Karajica recently left ProSiebenSat.
Events Cycling

The organisers behind the Tour de Suisse have become the latest rights-holders to turn to virtual alternatives to provide fans with sporting competition during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Nike’s launch of Euro 2020 national team kits for England, France and three other European countries were postponed this week because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Events Athletics

World Athletics’ Diamond League has postponed three more meetings scheduled for May amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Finance & Money Football

Italian football’s Serie A registered a 13.5-per-cent increase in revenues during the 2018-19 season, in part thanks to improved media-rights revenues.
Esports Esports

Football’s Polish Ekstraklasa has launched an esports competition as it looks to engage fans in the absence of live sport during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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English lower league club Exeter City's personal commitment to commercial partners has put the club on solid ground during the Covid-19 crisis. Callum McCarthy speak to club chairman Julian Tagg about the club's journey thus far and the hard road ahead.
Multi-Sport
Business

Paul Garbett, associate director at CSM Sport & Entertainment, gives his view on the impact and opportunities of a dramatically changed post-coronavirus sporting calendar.
Multi-Sport
Events

Barcelona’s blueprint for Olympic legacy is widely respected. But how is the city’s approach evolving nearly three decades after the transformational Games? Bradley Rial reports.
Multi-Sport
Governance

UK law firms acting for clients in the sports industry say they are dealing with an unprecedented demand for advice after the Covid-19 outbreak caused the widespread cancellation of sporting events.
Finance & Money Football

German Bundesliga football clubs Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen have pledged to provide €20m ($22m) to support clubs in the top tier and the second-tier 2.
Events Boxing

The costs of rescheduling the Olympics next year will be "massive", Tokyo 2020 organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto has said
Finance & Money Multi-Sport

Sports organisations around the world are making pay cuts and offering staff temporary contracts, among other money-saving measures, as the coronavirus shutdown squeezes cashflow
Media Motorcycling

Motor cycling’s MotoGP has announced the launch of a virtual racing competition involving star riders from the series.
Events Athletics

The executive board of European Athletics, the sport’s European governing body, has requested a feasibility study is carried out to see if the 2020 European Athletics Championships can continue as planned i…
Industry Moves Multi-Sport

Gerrit Meier, the global managing director of Red Bull Media House, the media and content arm of the energy drinks brand, is to leave the company, according to reports in Austria
Sponsorship & Marketing Multi-Sport

The overall value of the European sponsorship market by volume rose by 1
Media Multi-Sport

Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) is to launch Viaplay in Iceland on April 1, meaning its OTT streaming service will be available in all five Nordic countries
Finance & Money Rugby Union

England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) has said it expects revenue losses of between £45m (€49m/$53.6m)
Finance & Money Football

The wide-ranging effects of the Covid-19 crisis on European football will threaten the existence of some clubs and force transfer fees down, according to Stephan Herth, senior vice-president of football…
Media Multi-Sport

Fox Sports Italia is set to cease its web operations at the end of the month, almost two years after its television operation shut down in Italy
Media Multi-Sport

Barcelona-based rights and production group Mediapro has filed for a Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) which the business has said will affect as many as 1,200 of its employees
Media Multi-Sport

Slovakian public-service broadcaster RTVS has delayed the launch of its sports channel on a reluctance to enter into further financial commitments during the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak
Media Football

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has launched an official channel on social video platform Twitch
Sponsorship & Marketing Cricket

Middlesex County Cricket Club has signed up independent real estate consultancy Knight Frank as a major sponsor
Fan Engagement Basketball

Euroleague Basketball has announced a partnership with newly-launched fan engagement platform IQONIQ
Industry Moves Multi-Sport

Sports streaming technology company Deltatre has made two additions to its commercial team, appointing World Wrestling Entertainment’s Adam Bigwood and former Perform executive Adam Bowley.
Events Rugby Union

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has reconfirmed the suspension of its Champions Cup and Challenge Cup club competitions, with the upcoming semi-finals and finals matches having been postponed
Media Football

The German Football League (DFL) has postponed its invitation to tender for domestic Bundesliga broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2024-25 due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
Media Esports

Polsat Games, the esports channel of Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat, has reached an agreement with esports organisations ESL and DreamHack to showcase a range of Counter Strike: Global Offensive…
Governance Football

The French Football League (LFP) has formed three working groups to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, stating it is the “priority objective” to end the 2019-20 domestic season by June 30, or July 15 at the…
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

A UK Member of Parliament has proposed that the 42 Scottish professional football clubs sign a charter agreement to stop all gambling sponsorships between clubs and operators
Media Football

European football's governing body, Uefa, and Spain’s LaLiga have both made available their wealth of archive content on their own broadcast platforms amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
Esports Football

The Belgian Pro League and Belgian pay-television and telecommunications company Proximus are organising a Fifa 20 esports competition to make up for the lack of live league matches during the Covid-19…