Events

Bell Media’s renewal of Formula 1 media rights in Canada has been incorporated directly into the country’s grand prix-hosting agreement in a new deal announced today (Tuesday).

The local organising committee for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps has made its first significant commercial hire as it aims to hit its €2bn ($2.3bn) budget.

Kings League president Gerard Piqué and chief executive Djamel Agaoua discuss the property’s commercial strategy with SportBusiness.

The final event of the inaugural Grand Slam Track (GST) season has been cancelled to ensure the “long-term stability” of the league.

The athlete commissions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) have expressed strong opposition to the Enhanced Games, a new event that will allow competitors to use performance-enhancing drugs.

Formula 1 will remain at 24 rounds next season as Barcelona sees out its contract at the expense of Imola, and Madrid joins as the second Spanish race.

The success of the domestic sponsorship sales programme was a key factor in helping the organising committee for 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games secure a final profit of €76m ($86.8m) on total revenues of €4.48bn.

World Lacrosse has tasked 54, the sports and entertainment agency, with developing and helping commercialise a new series for the sixes discipline, ahead of the sport's return to the Olympic Games in 2028

Major League Baseball has stepped up its commitment to softball by making an eight-figure investment in Athletes Unlimited Softball League.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was profitable in 2024 for the first time in six years, with the World Table Tennis series finally flourishing after the Covid-hit years.

Petra Sörling has been re-elected president of the International Table Tennis Federation in an incredibly close contest that sparked chaotic scenes at the governing body's annual general meeting in Doha.

Plans have been unveiled for a Berlin-focused bid for a future edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the proposal also incorporating four neighbouring states in Germany.

Kings League, the seven-a-side football competition organised by the Kosmos agency, has unveiled plans to launch in the Mena region in a joint venture with Saudi Arabia's SURJ Sports Investment

European Professional Club Rugby has finally driven over the line plans for a new World Club Cup it will spearhead after receiving buy-in from leagues and unions.

Private investment firm Arctos has acquired a stake in the Los Angeles Chargers, while fellow NFL teams the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns have also signed off on investment deals.

The United States Tennis Association's revamp of Billie Jean King National Tennis Center represents the largest single investment in the US Open’s history.