England

Basketball
Finance & Law

Administrators for the London Lions have revealed that three purchase offers are expected to be placed for the team by Friday, and denied claims that Tesonet has already reached an agreement to buy the franchise.
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Yorkshire joins Warwickshire in entering the stadium naming rights marketplace, appointing Sporting Group International to seek out a new sponsor.
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

Endeavor Streaming has added to its portfolio of football clients in a deal to deliver Newcastle United’s new OTT service.
Football
Media

Viewership numbers soared during the Euro 2024 final in both Spain and the UK last night with RTVE netting its highest football audience since the Euro 2012 final.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Leicester City has announced BC.Game as its new main shirt sponsor, becoming the latest Premier League club to partner with a company from the gambling sector before a league-wide ban on such deals comes into force.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Premier League is busy finalising its commercial programme ahead of next season, unveiling a new beer sponsorship with Guinness amid reports Barclays has renewed its deal and Oracle is to end its association.
Cricket
Governance

Middlesex amongst the notable absentees amid an effort to evolve the women’s professional game
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

A new, five-year deal between IMG and the English Football League will facilitate a sizeable jump in broadcast production specification for matches that currently go out on the iFollow streaming service
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Aston Villa is set to announce the biggest shirt sponsorship deal in its history, having agreed a two-year contract with Greek betting platform Betano.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based life, pensions and investments mutual Royal London has been named as founding partner and front-of-shirt sponsor for the British & Irish Lions women’s team’s first-ever overseas tour.
Athletics
Events

Concerns have been eased over Birmingham’s status as host city for the 2026 European Athletics Championships following a funding pledge from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
Tennis
Industry Moves

ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, has appointed Mark Hogan from the English Football Association (FA) as director of sales.
Football
Events

England's Premier League finished 2023 by securing a small domestic media rights increase, capping an eventful year for the world's richest football league
Football
Industry Moves

The Football Association has appointed digital media executive James Gray as its new commercial director to replace Navin Singh who will soon take up a leading role with Six Nations Rugby
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Increasing broadcast revenues has been cited as an immediate target for the Rugby Football Union (RFU), with the sector still lagging behind pre-Covid levels, the English governing body has revealed
Football
Governance

The top two divisions in women's football in England have today (Tuesday) agreed unanimously to proceed with the formation of NewCo, a new organisation to run the professional game
Rugby Union
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has acquired rights to Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR), England’s rebranded domestic rugby union club competition.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

English club Queens Park Rangers has signed a stadium naming-rights agreement as it bids to allay its financial difficulties