Investment & Strategy

News and analysis relating to sports investment and the strategy employed by sports teams globally, including financial results.

Pro League crowns Club Brugge champions as board ends competition

The Belgium Pro League has become the first top European football competition to officially cancel its season amid the COVID-19 crisis.In order to determine...

RFU simulate seasons as Newcastle Falcons gain promotion to the Premiership

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has revealed that the Greene King IPA Championship, rugby union’s second tier, will be simulated to provide the league...

Wimbledon organisers ‘developing plans’ to support staff after cancelation

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has revealed that plans are being put in place in order to support staff and players who...

T20 cricket side furlough ‘significant’ amount of staff in COVID crisis

T20 Vitality Blast side Somerset County Cricket Club has announced that the side has put a ‘significant’ amount of its staff on the Governments...

Rio horseracing reps asks government to resume activities

The Rio de Janeiro Turf Professionals Association has asked authorities to reopen the Hippodrome of La Gávea despite the ongoing COVID-19 imposed cancellations recommended...

ECB launches £61m fund to help cricket ‘withstand’ COVID-19

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has revealed a £61m financial package in order to ‘help cricket withstand the financial impact of COVID-19’.ECB...

FIA reveals emergency F1 measures making rescheduling inevitable

The FIA and Formula 1 have agreed certain emergency measures in an attempt to react to the growing COVID-19 outbreak which has caused the...

Tottenham announces 20% wage cut for all non-playing employees

Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has announced, via a club statement, that all 550 non-playing directors and employees will receive a 20% salary cut...

World Athletics Championships reveals new 2022 plans

World Athletics has issued a statement detailing that due to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 to 2021, the World...

Non-league clubs criticise ‘needless’ FA decision to cancel 2019/20 season 

Various English club’s from steps three (the Betvictor divisions) to six (the county leagues) of the non-league footballing pyramid have hit out at the...