Ladbrokes chief executive Chris Bell has warned that horse racing is in danger of "disappearing below the waves" if action is not taken quickly to boost the sport’s popularity...More>
Australian Open organisers expect record crowds to boost year-on-year revenues for the 2010 event despite the recession hitting corporate hospitality.
Corporate sales are d...More>
Zimbabwe is planning to cash in on the World Cup taking place in neighbouring South Africa this summer.
The country’s tourism ministry is seeking treasury approval for a $7...More>
The chief executive of NASCAR Brian France has said that things are looking up after a difficult 2009 for the sport.
The recession hit NASCAR’s attendances and sponsorship ...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) could delay the sale of the US media rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics because of the recession.
The IOC had planned to conduc...More>
Europe’s Ryder Cup chief has admitted that the recession has had an impact on the commercial side of this year’s event in Wales.
Richard Hills, Europe’s Ryder Cup director,...More>
Former Birmingham City owner David Sullivan believes it is “odds-on” that a Premier League club will go out of business in the near future.
Sullivan, who is trying to buy W...More>
UK Sport chief executive John Steele believes its “no-compromise” approach to funding will pay dividends at the London 2012 Olympics.
At the start of last year, the organis...More>
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has credited strong marketing and broadcast deals for helping it ride out the global economic downturn.
Last y...More>
Leading brands such as Nike and Adidas will dramatically cut their spending on sports sponsorship as a result of the Tiger Woods scandal, experts have predicted.
In a resea...More>
The British Government has signed off all the financial guarantees required by Fifa for England’s 2018 World Cup bid almost six months ahead of the deadline.
Sports ministe...More>
Sweden and Norway’s joint bid to host the Euro 2016 football championships looks to be over after the countries’ governments declined a request for funding.
Bid officials w...More>
A row is brewing between Australia’s World Cup bid team and three of its most popular domestic sports over access to the country’s biggest stadiums.
Reuters reports that th...More>
A football World Cup in Australia would not have a negative impact on the AFL season, Victoria premier John Brumby has insisted.
The country is bidding to host the 2018 or ...More>
The Davis Cup generates $184m a year for the world’s economy and offers greater value for money for host countries than the World Cup or the Olympics, according to a report co...More>
The chief executive of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has admitted that the tournament is likely to exceed its budget by 10 per cent.
Danny Jordaan told the BBC that pr...More>
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has told the Soccerex conference in South Africa that football has come through the worst of the recession.
Blatter admitted that football, part...More>
