Governance

Football
Governance

The French Football Federation (FFF) has proposed a major overhaul of the domestic game, with a new governance structure inspired by the English Premier League
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby posted a loss of NZ$19.5m (€10.2m/$11.5m) for 2024, its third successive year of being in the red, with spending on its new media platform, NZR+, a major contributing factor.
Basketball
Governance

Germany's Alba Berlin is swapping EuroLeague for the rival Basketball Champions League (BCL), citing the changing landscape of the sport on the continent given the NBA's aggressive expansion plans.
Basketball
Sports Betting

The NBA has become the latest major league to express concerns over the expansion of sports predictions markets, urging greater regulatory oversight.
Badminton
Finance & Law

The Badminton World Federation reported a surplus of $8.8m (€7.8m) in 2024 on the back of higher investment returns, “prudent” spending and its share of revenues from the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Cricket
Media

Cricket’s most valuable property, the Indian Premier League, is mulling an expansion in its number of matches from 74 per season to 94, which would see teams play a full home-and-away format.
Table Tennis
Governance

Liu Guoliang, the most powerful administrator in world table tennis, has sprung a surprise by resigning as president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA)
Football
Finance & Law

Relevent Sports Group has settled its lawsuit with the US Soccer Federation (USSF), clearing the final obstacle to the future staging of competitive European club football matches in the United States.
Football
Finance & Law

The long search by the German Football League (DFL) for an external financial backer could end with Adidas making a €100m ($111m) strategic investment in the Bundesliga, it has been reported.
Rugby League
Governance

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) is considering acquiring a 33-per-cent stake in Super League on the condition that it can assume administrative control of the British competition.
Football
Industry Moves

Nicolas de Tavernost, the 74-year-old former president of commercial broadcaster M6 and Bordeaux, is set to be the new CEO of LFP Media, the commercial rights entity of France’s Professional Football League.
Handball
Governance

Hassan Moustafa's grip on power at the International Handball Federation (IHF) is set to be challenged for the first time in 16 years, with Gerd Butzeck, an outspoken critic of the Egyptian's tenure, to…
Football
Finance & Law

Michele Kang, the entrepreneur and owner of Washington Sport, is to invest a further $25m (€22.8m) in US women's football via the US Soccer Federation's Soccer Forward Foundation.
Football
Finance & Law

Centralised sponsorship revenue from the Uefa Women’s Champions League reached nearly €9.8m ($10.8m) last season but the competition still relied on €10m of “cross-financing” from the men’s clubs competitions.
Tennis
Governance

The ATP is losing its chief executive at the height of a legal battle with its players, after Massimo Calvelli announced he will depart in June
Football
Finance & Law

LaLiga has cut FC Barcelona's salary cap over concerns that a €100m ($102m) transaction was wrongly included in the club's accounts submitted to the league in January.
Football
Finance & Law

Accounts published by Aston Villa, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest reveal the scale of operating losses in 2023-24 – and the ways in which the three clubs satisfied the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability R…
Volleyball
Industry Moves

Volleyball World chief executive Finn Taylor is leaving his role, just over four years after coming on board to lead the commercial entity formed after CVC invested $100m (€92.5m) in a 33-per-cent stake.