Investment & Strategy

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

Mercedes collaboration develops new COVID-19 breathing aid

F1 side Mercedes-AMG, UCL and UCLH have helped develop a COVID-19 breathing aid which can be rapidly reproduced in order to provide the NHS...

NRL reveals $40m recovery plan amid COVID-19 crisis

Australia’s premier rugby league competition the National Rugby League (NRL) has revealed a $40m recovery plan, providing clubs with $2.5m each as the league’s...

GVC ensures ‘a safer betting and gaming environment’

Sports betting group GVC Holdings has publicly supported the Betting and Gaming Council’s (BGC) new approach to provide a safer betting and gaming environment...

Schalke 04 players waive salaries to stabilise club

Schalke 04 has revealed that the club’s players have agreed to suspend their salaries as a percentage until June 30, 2020 in order to...

NBA’s top executives take 20 per-cent salary reduction

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is set to reduce its base salary by 20 per-cent for around 100 of the league’s top-earning executives, including...

Football Federation Australia ‘stands down’ 70 per-cent of its staff

The Football Federation Australia (FFA), which established the A-League and currently runs its national team, has revealed that roughly 70 per-cent of its staff...

Bayern, Dortmund, Leipzig and Leverkusen provide €20m to Bundesliga teams

Bundesliga clubs Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen have announced they will provide €20m to sides in the top and second-tier...

Wanda Sports sells IRONMAN to Advance for £610m

Wanda Sports Group has agreed to sell The IRONMAN Group, one of the world’s biggest triathlon, running, trail running, cycling and mountain biking events...

The DFL: Bundesliga should be suspended until April 30 ‘at least’

The DFL, which is responsible for the operation of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, has recommended that both leagues should be suspended until at...

Everton CEO makes COVID-19 Business Pledge

Everton Football Club’s CEO Denise Barrett-Baxendale has joined the C-19 Business Pledge, an organisation that encourages business owners to help staff, customers and its...