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Politics

Sports sector can cope with Donald Trump’s tariffs, says AC Milan owner

Redbird founder Gerry Cardinale predicts clubs and leagues will prove ‘resilient’ even if consumer spending falls.

13 Apr 2025

Disputes

Tennis player testifies ATP threatened him for supporting lawsuit

Veteran player Reilly Opelka said the ATP chairman sent a player to threaten him financially over adding his name to a lawsuit that seeks to reshape tennis.

12 Apr 2025

Disputes

Mbappé's legal team says PSG accounts frozen as salary dispute escalates

Kylian Mbappé's legal team said Thursday it seized 55 million euros from PSG’s accounts as it went on the attack to resolve a legal dispute between the World Cup winner and his former club.

10 Apr 2025

Regulation & Governance

Motorsport UK chairman accuses FIA of lack of transparency, ‘shift of the moral compass’

Motorsport UK chairman David Richards has again criticized the governance of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and described a “disregard for the very real concerns” raised by Richards and others that the FIA’s governance and constitutional organization is becoming “ever more opaque and concentrating power in the hands of the President alone.”

9 Apr 2025

Corporate

Tariff shock wipes $318 billion from sports stocks in a week

The stock market reaction to the global Trump tariffs has chopped $318 billion in value from sports stock in a week, according to Sportico data.

9 Apr 2025

Anti-doping

One third of sport supplements expose athletes to risk of doping, study reveals

Fat and muscle burning products are ‘particularly risky’ for elite athletes.

9 Apr 2025

Competition

Liberty Media to get unconditional EU approval for MotoGP deal, sources say

Liberty Media, which owns Formula One, is set to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its 3.5-billion-euro ($3.8 billion) acquisition of MotoGP owner Dorna Sports, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

8 Apr 2025

Integrity

Five banned in tennis fixing scandal

The International Tennis Integrity Agency confirmed this week the sanction of a handful of French players for committing violations against the sport's Anti-Corruption Programme, all linked to a criminal case processed in 2023 involving a Belgian match-fixing organisation.

7 Apr 2025

Disputes

Premier League faces £20m legal bill for Man City defeat

City expected to make application for Premier League to pay club’s legal fees — on top of its own — for first stage in continuing battle over Associated Party Transactions.

7 Apr 2025

Finance

Aston Villa ‘explore’ selling women’s team to avoid breaching Premier League PSR

Club looks to quickly bring in revenue after recording UK£195m loss over the past two years.

7 Apr 2025

Regulation & Governance

House settlement nears finalization amid judge's last concerns

A multibillion-dollar legal settlement with the potential to reshape the business of college sports inched closer to its fast-approaching finish line during a federal court hearing Monday.

7 Apr 2025

Eligibility

Russians pass on gym events

Athletes from the IOC-sanctioned country will refuse to participate in international competitions despite being granted 'neutral status' by the FIG, in a public show of solidarity with others who remain excluded by world sport.

7 Apr 2025

Politics

Sports shoes’ supply chain is pain point in Trump’s tariff war

The Vomero 18 running shoe on display at a Nike store in New York features thick soles, a $150 price tag and tongue labels woven with the message “Made in Vietnam”. 

6 Apr 2025

Finance

Premier League clubs rely on £1bn of player sales to offset stubborn losses

Premier League football clubs relied on player sales worth £1bn in an effort to balance the books last season, as rising costs and a cooling media rights market exposed stubborn financial fragilities within the world’s richest league.

4 Apr 2025

Anti-doping

Umberto Ferrara, Jannik Sinner’s trainer during doping case, says he warned of clostebol risks

Jannik Sinner’s former trainer has said that he was “completely aware” of the risk of contamination from the healing spray at the center of the world No. 1’s positive doping tests and subsequent three-month ban from tennis.

4 Apr 2025

Disputes

Boston Beats Legal Challenge to $200 Million NWSL Stadium Renovation

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled the NWSL team and city can continue with their plans for White Stadium.

3 Apr 2025

Eligibility

Olmo and Pau Víctor cleared to play on but La Liga says Barcelona have failed FFP

Spanish sports council upholds Barça’s complaint.

3 Apr 2025

Finance

Uefa to assess Chelsea accounts at end of season

Uefa will assess Chelsea's sale of its women's team to parent company BlueCo at the end of the season.

1 Apr 2025

Integrity

Italy sacks coach amid abuse allegations

The Italian Gymnastics Federation (FGI) parted ways Emanuela Maccarani on Wednesday following accusations of mental harassment linked to athletes' weight and diet issues.

29 Mar 2025

Corporate

Owners of Liverpool and PSG competing to buy Spanish club Malaga

Delegation from FSG, led by Michael Edwards, recently visited La Liga 2 side to inspect their facilities as it looks to develop multi-club model.

29 Mar 2025

Corporate

Hundred sales deadline extended after delay in negotiations

The deadline to finalise the sale of The Hundred franchises has been extended by the England and Wales Cricket Board after delays in negotiations.

28 Mar 2025

Eligibility

Osasuna claim Barcelona player was ineligible

Osasuna have launched an appeal to the Royal Spanish Football Federation, claiming Barcelona defender Inigo Martinez was ineligible to play against them on Thursday.

28 Mar 2025

Anti-doping


Kamila Valieva's attorneys ask court to revisit doping case

Attorneys for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are taking her doping case back to court, arguing the World Anti-Doping Agency withheld and altered evidence that could have proven her contamination claim during the hearing that resulted in her four-year suspension.

27 Mar 2025

Anti-doping

Russian Paralympian stripped of Sochi medals for doping

Russian Paralympian Nikolay Polukhin has been stripped of medals for violating anti-doping rules - 11 years after he won them at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

27 Mar 2025

Politics

World Athletics extends Russia and Belarus ban

The global governing body for the sport decided on Tuesday to maintain the suspension on athletes from both countries, originally imposed since March 2022, due to the war in Ukraine. The measure will remain in place until further notice, Sebastian Coe confirmed at a press conference in London.

27 Mar 2025

Disputes

ITF and Pique's company settle Davis Cup dispute

The International Tennis Federation has settled its dispute with Gerard Pique's investment company after their multi-billion dollar deal to organise the Davis Cup ended abruptly in 2023.

27 Mar 2025

Corporate

NBA franchises in European league could sell for ‘at least US$500m’

Owners reportedly set to review plan to launch new competition.

26 Mar 2025

Eligibility

World Athletics approves gender eligibility test

World Athletics has approved the introduction of a test to determine if an athlete is biologically female.

25 Mar 2025

Anti-doping

Belgian police conduct raids in investigation centred on doctor with links to cycling team

Three houses raided last week amid 'atypical prescribing behaviour' and 'possibility of doping practices' by doctor.

25 Mar 2025

Anti-doping

Racehorses to be tested for gene doping

Racehorses in Britain are to be tested for gene doping as part of a new initiative.

25 Mar 2025

Politics

Trump freezes funds over Lia Thomas

The Republican administration has taken a strong-willed action by denying $175 million (€161 million) in grants to the University of Pennsylvania, where the renowned transgender swimmer and 2022 NCAA women's champion was a member.

23 Mar 2025

Safeguarding

Swiss court rules against volleyball coach

Luiz Souza, head coach in the country's top volleyball league (NLA), was handed an 18-month suspension, a financial penalty, and mandatory training by the Swiss Disciplinary Chamber for Sport on Friday.

23 Mar 2025

Anti-doping

BJJ world champion banned by USADA

The United States Anti-Doping Agency has announced a one-year period of ineligibility for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete Cassio Felipe Sousa Costa, 25, following a positive test for a prohibited substance.

22 Mar 2025

Politics

Chief executive welcomes Government funding for sports facilities

The Government has announced £100 million to upgrade sports facilities across the United Kingdom.

21 Mar 2025

Regulation & Governance

Fifa removes Mexican side Club Leon from Club World Cup

Club Leon have been removed from this summer's Club World Cup by Fifa after failing to meet tournament regulations on multi-club ownership.

21 Mar 2025

Corporate

NBA champions Boston Celtics in record $6.1bn sale

A group led by American businessman William Chisholm has agreed to buy iconic basketball team Boston Celtics for a record $6.1bn (£4.7bn).

20 Mar 2025

Regulation & Governance

Coventry elected first female IOC president as Coe beaten

Kirsty Coventry hopes her election as the first female and African president of the International Olympic Committee - beating six male candidates including Britain's Lord Coe - sends a "powerful signal".

20 Mar 2025

Competition

Novak Djokovic’s PTPA Sues Tennis ‘Cartel’

The 11-month schedule, playing conditions, travel logistics, and NIL rights are all part of the players’ massive lawsuit.

18 Mar 2025

Disputes

Agent ordered to pay costs to former Chelsea director after losing High Court case

A judge has ordered Saif Alrubie pay Marina Granovskaia’s £150,000 in costs and referred the case to Football Association arbitration.

14 Mar 2025

Tort

Liverpool fans to have 2022 Champions League final injury claims heard in UK

Judge rules in favour of football supporters after Uefa’s attempt to block court claims being held in Liverpool.

7 Mar 2025

Regulation & Governance

Motorsport UK chair threatens FIA with legal action over governance

David Richards, the chairman of Motorsport UK, has threatened world governing body the FIA with legal action if it does not address his concerns about governance.

5 Mar 2025

Employment

Ferrari win case to delay Cardile's start

Ferrari have won a court case in Italy that blocks their former technical director Enrico Cardile from starting work at Aston Martin until 18 July.

4 Mar 2025

Bribery & Corruption

Blatter and Platini back in court in Swiss Fifa fraud case

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and French football legend Michel Platini are back in court in Switzerland to face accusations of fraud.

3 Mar 2025

Corporate

CVC serves up $1bn bid for IMG-owned tennis tournaments

CVC Capital Partners, the buyout giant, is serving up a $1bn (£790m) bid to buy a portfolio of tennis assets which includes two of the sport's most prestigious annual tournaments.

3 Mar 2025

Anti-doping

WADA extends intelligence and investigations offensive to Oceania

A World Anti-doping Agency programme aimed at building cooperation with law enforcement in Europe led to seizures of more than 25 tonnes of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and officials now hope to see a similar impact in Oceania and Asia.

2 Mar 2025

Regulation & Governance

New law to tackle goalkeeper time-wasting approved

A goalkeeper holding the ball for more than eight seconds will be punished with a corner for the opposition from this summer.

1 Mar 2025

Disputes

José Mourinho takes legal action against Galatasaray after accusation of racism

Recriminations continue between Fenerbahce and Gala.

28 Feb 2025

Regulation & Governance

IOC grants provisional recognition to World Boxing

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisionally recognised World Boxing (WB) as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level, during a remote meeting held today.

26 Feb 2025

Regulation & Governance

FIA World Motor Sport Council confirms mandatory two-stop strategies for Monaco Grand Prix

The FIA World Motor Sport Council has approved proposals for a mandatory two-stop strategy to be implemented at the Monaco Grand Prix.

26 Feb 2025

Corporate

RedBird Capital ‘looking to sell’ Rajasthan Royals minority stake

Private equity firm reportedly paid US$37.5m for 15% of IPL franchise in 2021.

25 Feb 2025

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