Christian Seifert, chief executive of the DFL, Germany’s professional soccer league, has warned Uefa to stick to playing Champions League matches midweek, claiming that weekends are for domestic leagues.

FINA, aquatics' governing body, today backed down in a dispute over swimmers competing in unsanctioned events, underlining that they will not be banned from FINA World Championships or the Olympic Games, albeit all results and any records set at such events will not be recognised.

The Lagardère Sports agency today struck a multi-year deal with Riot Games, the video game publisher, to commercialise the newly-formed League of Legends European Championship (LEC).

Italy’s top soccer clubs have been told they can honour sponsorship deals with betting companies through to the end of the season in the face of legislation banning gambling advertising in the country.

Stockholm and Are in Sweden and Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy today both, as expected, met a deadline to submit their candidature files or ‘bid books’ to host the 2026 winter Olympic Games, with the International Olympic Committee claiming that the influence of its Agenda 2020 reform plan can be clearly seen in each bid.

Organisers of next year’s winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne have raised about 60 per cent of their target of SFr6 million ($6.1 million) in local sponsorship revenues, with exactly a year to go until the opening ceremony, and are confident of reaching their target, according to Ian Logan, chief executive of the Lausanne 2020 organising committee.

Discovery, the international media giant, has today stepped up its commitment to digital cycling content by acquiring a controlling stake in Play Sports Group, the UK-based company that operates various online channels dedicated to the sport.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, the country's communications regulator, has launched a draft bill that would ensure more major sporting events are shown on free-to-air television.

DAZN, the expanding international subscription OTT sport service, has strengthened its team with the appointment of Ben King from consumer technology giant Apple.

Discovery, the US media giant that owns Eurosport, has signed off its multi-year swoop for rights to golf's European Tour across the continent, excluding the UK and Germany, bolstering its landmark deal for the US PGA Tour rights.